On Coase and COVID-19 [0.03%]
论科斯与新冠疫情防控
Darcy W E Allen,Chris Berg,Sinclair Davidson et al.
Darcy W E Allen et al.
From an epidemiological perspective, the COVID-19 pandemic is a public health crisis. From an economic perspective, it is an externality and a social cost. Strikingly, almost all economic policy to address the infection externality has been...
Roee Sarel
Roee Sarel
How should we think about crime deterrence in times of pandemics? The economic analysis of crime tells us that potential offenders will compare the costs and the benefits from crime and from innocence and then choose whichever option is mor...
Yassine Lefouili,Leonardo Madio
Yassine Lefouili
Public authorities in many jurisdictions are concerned about the proliferation of illegal content and products on online platforms. One often discussed solution is to make the platform liable for third parties' misconduct. In this paper, we...
Jesús Fernández-Villaverde
Jesús Fernández-Villaverde
Epstein (Simple rules for a complex world, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1995) defended the superiority of simple legal rules over complex, human-designed regulations. Has Epstein's case for simple rules become obsolete with the arri...
Introduction to the special issue on the importance of Simple Rules for a Complex World [0.03%]
复杂世界中简单规则的重要性的专题介绍
Shruti Rajagopalan,Mario Rizzo
Shruti Rajagopalan
Bank capital buffer releases, public guarantee programs, and dividend bans in COVID-19 Europe: an appraisal [0.03%]
新冠肺炎疫情下的欧洲：银行释放资本缓冲、公共担保计划和禁止分红之效用评估
Alexandra Matyunina,Steven Ongena
Alexandra Matyunina
We analyse the recent policy decisions made by the European Central Bank and the national authorities related to capital and shareholders' remuneration aimed at promoting banking credit supply in COVID-19-afflicted economies. We forecast th...