This article reviews the global health and economic consequences of the 1918 influenza
pandemic, with a particular focus on topics that have seen a renewed interest because of …

What are the insights from historical pandemics for policymaking today? We carry out a
systematic review of the literature on the impact of pandemics that occurred since the …

We discuss and review literature on the macroeconomic effects of epidemics and pandemics
since the late twentieth century. First, we cover the role of health in driving economic growth …

The COVID-19 global pandemic has caused significant global economic and social
disruption. We use global data on cases and deaths, and public health and economic policy …

We provide theory and evidence on the relationship between globalization and pandemics.
Business travel facilitates trade and travel leads to human interactions that transmit disease …

Since COVID-19 broke out, there has been renewed interest in understanding the economic
and social dynamics of historical and more recent epidemics and pandemics, from the …

Like past editions, this ninth edition of Social Inequality: Forms, Causes, and Consequences
is a user-friendly introduction to the study of social inequality. This book conveys the …

This paper examines the political economy of epidemic disease. First, it outlines the
incentive and information problems facing policymakers in responding to a new epidemic …

If economists have largely failed to predict or prevent the Global Financial Crisis in 2008,
and the more disastrous economic collapse associated with the pandemic of 2020, what …

We draw on theories and empirical findings from urban economics to explore and explain
patterns of city growth in the Middle Ages (c. 800–1500 CE). We discuss how agricultural …