The Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on Remittances in Guatemala: A Causal Impact Analysis [0.03%]
新冠疫情对危地马拉侨汇的影响：因果影响分析
Alexis R Santos-Lozada,Ernesto Cuxil
Alexis R Santos-Lozada
Remittances constitute a major way in which migrants contribute to their family's well-being and stability. Almost 2 million people of Guatemalan-origin reside in the United States. In this paper we use monthly data spanning 2002-2024 publi...
A sound methodology: Measuring experiences of violent conflict through audio self-interviews [0.03%]
一种声音的方法论：通过音频自我访谈的形式来衡量暴力冲突的经历
Sophie von Russdorf,Laura Ahlborn,Alessandra Hidalgo-Arestegui et al.
Sophie von Russdorf et al.
This paper investigates the impact of different survey administration methods on the disclosure of sensitive or traumatic experiences. Respondents of a pilot study in Ethiopia were randomly assigned to answer questions either using audio co...
Maria Bas,Ana Fernandes,Caroline Paunov
Maria Bas
We provide stylized facts on the short-run resilience of exports to the COVID-19 pandemic across product characteristics. Relying on global monthly product-level exports to the United States, Japan, and 27 European Union countries from Janu...
The power of clans: How social capital sheltered firms during the COVID-19 pandemic [0.03%]
家族势力有多大：社会资源如何在新冠疫情期间助力企业成长
Linqing Liu,Lisi Yang,Kai Yan
Linqing Liu
Data from 3,555 Chinese listed firms show that firms in cities with greater clan strength faced smaller losses and swifter recovery following COVID-19. Clans were significantly related to individual values facilitating pandemic prevention; ...
Contextual framing effects on risk aversion assessed using the bomb risk elicitation task [0.03%]
基于炸弹风险评估任务的风险规避的语境效应分析
Benedicta Hermanns,Johanna Kokot
Benedicta Hermanns
We examine the impact of framing on individuals' risk-taking behavior in the context of health risks during the coronavirus outbreak. We elicit risk attitudes from a sample of 3,385 individuals across seven European countries using an incen...
The role of labor in cash holdings: Evidence from the supply-side impact of COVID-19 [0.03%]
劳动力在现金持有中的作用：来自COVID-19供给侧影响的证据
Jaewan Bae,Jangkoo Kang
Jaewan Bae
This study investigates the dynamics of corporate cash holdings. We argue that firms in industries with low remote work feasibility have more incentives to hold cash during COVID-19 because of a precautionary saving motive or to retain thei...
Davide Pettenuzzo,Riccardo Sabbatucci,Allan Timmermann
Davide Pettenuzzo
We provide evidence on the unprecedented rate at which firms suspended dividend payments and share repurchases following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, compare it to the Global Financial Crisis, and estimate the amount of cash firms...
The role of political connections in bad times: Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic [0.03%]
政治关联在艰难时期的作用——来自新冠疫情期间的证据
Hengxu Liu,Wenxi Zhao
Hengxu Liu
This study investigates the relationship between political connections and firm financial performance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a difference-in-differences methodology, we found that politically connected enterprises paid more tax...
The connectedness between green and conventional bond yields during the COVID-19 crisis: The role of the vaccination process [0.03%]
新冠肺炎危机期间绿色债券和常规债券收益率之间的联动性：疫苗接种过程的作用
Nicholas Apergis
Nicholas Apergis
This study explores the role of COVID-19 in the connectedness between green and conventional bonds. The findings document spillovers from conventional to green bonds. The results imply that the new green bond market cannot be ignored during...
Ana Babus,Sanmay Das,SangMok Lee
Ana Babus
We develop a simple model of vaccine prioritization for a potential pandemic. We illustrate how the model applies to the case of Covid-19, using an early 2020 primitive estimate of occupation-based exposure risks and age-based infection fat...