This survey features three parts. The first one reviews the most recent literature on the
relationship between domestic (ie, country‐specific) uncertainty and the business cycle, and …

ABSTRACT COVID-19 drove a mass social experiment in working from home (WFH). We
survey more than 30,000 Americans over multiple waves to investigate whether WFH will …

We consider several economic uncertainty indicators for the US and UK before and during
the COVID-19 pandemic: implied stock market volatility, newspaper-based policy …

This paper uses surveys to document CFO perspectives on corporate planning, investment,
capital structure, payout, and shareholder versus stakeholder focus. Comparing policy …

Drawing on firm-level expectations at a one-year forecast horizon in the Survey of Business
Uncertainty (SBU), we construct novel, forward-looking reallocation measures for jobs and …

We analyse the impact of Covid-19 on productivity using data from an innovative monthly
firm survey that asks for quantitative impacts of Covid-19 on inputs and outputs. We find total …

We document and evaluate how businesses are reacting to the COVID-19 crisis through
August 2020. First, on net, firms see the shock (thus far) largely as a demand rather than …

We use survey data on an opt-in panel of around 2,500 US small businesses to assess the
impact of COVID-19. We find a significant negative sales impact that peaked in Quarter 2 of …

The COVID-19 pandemic is resulting in an unprecedented shock to the private sector,
threatening the global progress in poverty reduction and shared prosperity made in recent …

Relying on a novel dataset covering more than 120,000 firms in 60 countries, this paper
contributes to the debate about policies to support businesses through the COVID-19 …