This study examines the productivity of working from home (WFH) practices during the
COVID‐19 pandemic. The results reveal that the mean WFH productivity relative to working …

This paper surveys the recent literature on the economic impacts of SARS, MERS, and
COVID‐19, which Asian countries have experienced in the past two decades. In particular …

In this paper, we argue that the roles of public policies concerning COVID‐19 can be better
understood in light of the past discussions on the Great Inflation of the 1970s and the 1980s …

In this paper, I use a simple SIR Macro model to examine Japan's soft lockdown policies in
2021 under the COVID-19 crisis. As real-time research, this paper consists of two parts …

It is important to understand the ultimate control of COVID-19 in all countries around the
world in relation to the characteristics of developed countries, LDCs, and the variety of …

Background In the summer of 2021, the Olympic Games were held in Tokyo during the state
of emergency due to the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. New daily positive cases (DPC) …

Introduction Although the number of identified coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases
and deaths has decreased, the repetitive crest-trough pattern of the spread of COVID-19 has …

This article reviews the essential role of mathematical models in understanding and
combatting the pandemic of novel coronaviruses, in particular focusing the advance in the …

Given that real-world infection-spread scenarios pose many uncertainties, and predictions
and simulations may differ from reality, this study explores factors essential for more …

This paper uses a synthetic control method (SCM) and a Ridge Augmented SCM to estimate
the impact of holding the Tokyo Olympic games on the number of newly confirmed COVID …