This is a study of Political Economy, Law & Economics, and Public Choice, applied to COVID-
19 crisis management, and how the Spanish healthcare sector has operated under stressful …

The COVID-19 pandemic poses a challenge for health systems. For this reason, it is
essential to evaluate the management of health systems in the face of the pandemic …

This article analyzes how the neoliberal policies, such as the politics of austerity (with
considerable cuts to social policy expenditures including medical care and public health …

Abstract The Italian and Spanish healthcare systems are ranked among the best in the
world, according to the Lancet Ranking and the Global Health Security Index (2019). Yet …

This paper discusses the measures adopted by the Italian government to face the COVID-19
emergency after the first wave in March/April 2020. This study places these measures in light …

The study was motivated by the need to understand the high number of deaths caused by
COVID-19 in the global pandemic declared since December 2019, and how it impacted …

France is one of the European countries hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. The
pandemic brought into light structural weaknesses of the health system, including its …

Background This study aims at analyzing the efficiency of the health systems of 31 European
countries in treating COVID-19, for the period January 1, 2020–January 1, 2021, by …

The coronavirus pandemic is bringing with it the prospect of severe financial and economic
crises. The article investigates its economic consequences in terms of financial instability …

The COVID‐19 pandemic has provided an ultimate testing ground for evaluating the
resilience and effectiveness of federal and decentralized systems. The article analyses how …