Support for temporary protection of displaced populations in the EU: A conjoint experiment [0.03%]
欧盟境内流离失所人口临时受保护情况的调研：连带性实验调查报告
Michal Krawczyk,Andrea Blasco,Tomasz Gajderowicz et al.
Michal Krawczyk et al.
Millions of people were forced to flee Ukraine after Russia's invasion on February 24, 2022, one of the fastest displacements in decades. Citizens' response in EU countries (where most displaced Ukrainians arrived) has been considerably mor...
Coherence of output gaps in the euro area: The impact of the COVID-19 shock [0.03%]
欧元区产出缺口的一致性：COVID-19冲击的影响
Jakob de Haan,Jan P A M Jacobs,Renske Zijm
Jakob de Haan
Using the measures proposed by Mink et al. (2012), we reexamine the coherence of business cycles in the euro area using a long sample period. We also analyze the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on business cycle coherence and examine whethe...
COVID-19 fatalities and internal conflict: Does government economic support matter? [0.03%]
新冠肺炎死亡病例与内战：政府经济支持起到了什么作用？
Mohammad Reza Farzanegan,Hassan F Gholipour
Mohammad Reza Farzanegan
This study examines the association between COVID-19 mortality rates and internal conflict and investigates the possible moderating role of government economic support during the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021. Our main hypothesis suggests...
Timothy Besley,Sacha Dray
Timothy Besley
This paper studies the role of free media in how governments and the public responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. We first document the presence of policy and behavioural responsiveness during the early phase of the pandemic. Using a panel da...
Does expert information affect citizens' attitudes toward Corona policies? Evidence from Germany [0.03%]
专家信息会影响公民对新冠政策的态度吗？来自德国的证据
Clemens Fuest,Lea Immel,Florian Neumeier et al.
Clemens Fuest et al.
Information provided by experts is believed to play a key role in shaping attitudes towards policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper uses a survey experiment to assess whether providing citizens with expert information about th...
Elsa Leromain,Gonzague Vannoorenberghe
Elsa Leromain
We study how COVID-related risk affected participation across the French territory in the March 2020 local elections. We document that participation went down disproportionately in towns exposed to higher COVID-19 risk. Towns that lean towa...
Macroeconomic expectations and consumer sentiment during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of others' beliefs [0.03%]
COVID-19疫情期间的宏观经济预期与消费者情绪及其彼此关系分析
Dzung Bui,Lena Dräger,Bernd Hayo et al.
Dzung Bui et al.
This paper investigates the effect of information about cross-country ratings of the government's and the public's reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic on consumers' macroeconomic expectations and sentiment. We conduct consumer surveys with ra...
To vote, or not to vote? Electoral campaigns and the spread of COVID-19 [0.03%]
投票还是不投票？选举活动与新冠肺炎疫情的传播
Davide Cipullo,Marco Le Moglie
Davide Cipullo
The possibility to run fair electoral campaigns is necessary for the legitimization of modern democracies through elections. Yet, during a pandemic, the risk that electoral campaigns would enhance the spread of the disease is substantive. I...
Debt policies in the aftermath of COVID-19 - The SGP's debt benchmark revisited [0.03%]
新冠疫情后的债务政策——重新审视SGP的债务基准上限规则
Sebastian Hauptmeier,Christophe Kamps
Sebastian Hauptmeier
The post-COVID-19 period is likely to be characterised by an intensified stabilisation-sustainability trade-off. This paper revisits the design of the Stability and Growth Pact's debt rule in the context of two debates on fiscal policies: f...
Career incentives of local leaders and crisis response: A case study of COVID-19 lockdowns in China [0.03%]
中国地方政府官员的职业激励与新冠疫情封锁应对——以武汉为例
Qianmiao Chen,Qingyang Huang,Chang Liu et al.
Qianmiao Chen et al.
This paper studies the role of local Chinese leaders' career incentives in decisions regarding large-scale crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Most local leaders were reluctant to impose lockdowns at the beginning of the pandemic, because...