Vaccination under pessimistic expectations in clinical trials and immunization campaigns [0.03%]
临床试验与免疫运动中的悲观预期下的疫苗接种
Hippolyte d&#x;Albis,Johanna Etner,Josselin Thuilliez
Hippolyte d&#x;Albis
We provide one of the first formalizations of a vaccination campaign in a decision-theoretic framework. We analyze a model where an ambiguity-averse individual must decide how much effort to invest into prevention in the context of a rampan...
Chasing up and locking down the virus: Optimal pandemic interventions within a network [0.03%]
追击与封锁病毒：网络中大流行病的最优干预措施
Michael Freiberger,Dieter Grass,Michael Kuhn et al.
Michael Freiberger et al.
During the COVID-19 pandemic countries invested significant amounts of resources into its containment. In early stages of the pandemic most of the (nonpharmaceutical) interventions can be classified into two groups: (i) testing and identifi...
Winners and losers of the COVID-19 pandemic: An excess profits tax proposal [0.03%]
新冠疫情的赢家与输家：一种超额利润税的提案
Céline Azémar,Rodolphe Desbordes,Paolo Melindi-Ghidi et al.
Céline Azémar et al.
In this paper, we study the gains and losses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. We distinguish between the effects of the pandemic and those of the health measures implemented to reduce the death toll, notably "the lockdown." Our theore...
Keiichi Morimoto,Shiba Suzuki
Keiichi Morimoto
Using an asset pricing model of a multisector production economy including pandemic disaster, we explain the average stock price boom and significant cross-sectional variation of stock returns in the United States and Japan during the COVID...
A theory of voluntary testing and self-isolation in an ongoing pandemic [0.03%]
关于持续大流行期间自愿检测和自我隔离的理论研究
Thomas Hellmann,Veikko Thiele
Thomas Hellmann
Beyond Covid-19, there is a growing interest in what economic structures will be needed to face ongoing pandemics. In this paper, we focus on the diagnostic problem and examine a new paradigm of voluntary self-testing by private individuals...
Vaccine and inclusion [0.03%]
疫苗与包容性
Zéphirin Nganmeni,Roland Pongou,Bertrand Tchantcho et al.
Zéphirin Nganmeni et al.
In majoritarian democracies, popular policies may not be inclusive, and inclusive policies may not be popular. This dilemma raises the crucial question of when it is possible to design a policy that is both inclusive and popular. We address...
Model with transmission delays for COVID-19 control: Theory and empirical assessment [0.03%]
用于评估COVID-19控制措施的传播时滞模型：理论与实证分析
Natali Hritonenko,Olga Yatsenko,Yuri Yatsenko
Natali Hritonenko
The paper focuses on modeling of public health measures to control the COVID-19 pandemic. The authors suggest a flexible integral model with distributed lags, which realistically describes COVID-19 infectiousness period from clinical data. ...
Matching Soulmates [0.03%]
匹配灵魂伴侣
Greg Leo,Jian Lou,Martin Van der Linden et al.
Greg Leo et al.
We study iterated matching of soulmates [IMS], a recursive process of forming coalitions that are mutually preferred by members to any other coalition containing individuals as yet unmatched by this process. If all players can be matched th...
Jacek Rothert
Jacek Rothert
An outbreak of a deadly disease pushes policymakers to depress economic activity due to externalities associated with individual behavior. Sometimes, these decisions are left to local authorities (e.g., states). This creates another externa...
Optimal lockdowns for COVID-19 pandemics: Analyzing the efficiency of sanitary policies in Europe [0.03%]
COVID-19大流行下的最优封锁措施：分析欧洲卫生政策的效果
Ewen Gallic,Michel Lubrano,Pierre Michel
Ewen Gallic
Two main nonpharmaceutical policy strategies have been used in Europe in response to the COVID-19 epidemic: one aimed at natural herd immunity and the other at avoiding saturation of hospital capacity by crushing the curve. The two strategi...