Abstract On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the coronavirus
(COVID-19) outbreak a pandemic. As the evolution and implications of the COVID-19 crisis …

Historically, infectious diseases caused considerable damage to human societies, and they
continue to do so today. To help reduce their impact, mathematical models of disease …

This paper presents an economic model of an epidemic in which susceptible individuals
may engage in costly social distancing in order to avoid becoming infected. Infected …

The relative importance of small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and large firms is a
recurrent topic in the small business economics literature. This paper presents a real and …

We discuss and review literature on the macroeconomic effects of epidemics and pandemics
since the late twentieth century. First, we cover the role of health in driving economic growth …

The science and management of infectious disease are entering a new stage. Increasingly
public policy to manage epidemics focuses on motivating people, through social distancing …

We analyze the externalities that arise when social and economic interactions transmit
infectious diseases such as COVID-19. Individually rational agents do not internalize that …

The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has caused profound consequences on world
economy. In order to explore the long-term impact of the pandemic on economic growth and …

We describe findings from the first large-scale cluster randomized controlled trial in a
developing country that evaluates the uptake of a health-protecting technology, insecticide …

Public policies intended to induce behavioral change, specifically incentives to reduce
interpersonal contacts or to “social distance,” increasingly play a prominent role in public …