The goal of this piece is to survey the developing and rapidly growing literature on the
economic consequences of COVID‐19 and the governmental responses, and to synthetize …

The paper uses Google mobility data to identify the determinants of social distancing during
the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak. The findings for the United States indicate that much of the …

We assess the economic and health costs of COVID and policy responses to COVID. Based
on initial estimates of health and economic costs, social distancing policies were justified …

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a massive economic shock across the world due to
business interruptions and shutdowns from social-distancing measures. To evaluate the …

This article contributes to the assessment of public policies to control the incidence of COVID-
19 in several ways.(1) It contains a brief historical and comparative overview of selected …

Purpose A systematic, PRISMA-guided literature review was conducted using four
databases (ProQuest, PubMed, EconLit and Scopus) to analyze research published …

Are lockdown policies effective at inducing physical distancing to counter the spread of
COVID-19? Can less restrictive measures that rely on voluntary community action achieve a …

How did a health crisis translate to an economic crisis? Why did the spread of the
coronavirus bring the global economy to its knees? The answer lies in two methods by …

For much of 2020, the COVID-19 epidemic upended social and economic life globally. In an
effort to reduce COVID-19 risks in the US, state and local governments issued many …

This article provides an interim assessment of the macroeconomic consequences of the
COVID‐19 pandemic. Estimates suggest a median output loss of approximately 6.5% in …