The paper evaluates the dynamic impact of various policies adopted by US states on the
growth rates of confirmed Covid-19 cases and deaths as well as social distancing behavior …

This paper investigates whether the anti-scientific rhetoric of modern populists can induce
followers to engage in risky behavior. We gather electoral information, credit card expenses …

To slow the COVID-19 virus, many countries shut down parts of the economy. Older
individuals have the most to gain from slowing virus diffusion. Younger workers in shuttered …

This paper investigates the role of testing and age-composition in the Covid-19 epidemic.
We augment a standard SIR epidemiological model with individual choices regarding how …

This paper reviews the literature on incorporating behavioural elements into epidemiological
models of pandemics. While modelling behaviour by forward-looking rational agents can …

Infectious diseases, ideas, new products, and other infectants spread in epidemic fashion
through social contact. The COVID-19 pandemic, the proliferation of fake news, and the rise …

We quantify how testing and targeted quarantine make it possible to reopen an economy in
such a way that output increases while deaths are reduced. We augment a standard …

We develop a Bayesian method for estimating the dynamics of COVID‐19 deaths and
discover four key findings that expose the limitations of current structural epidemiological …

We simulate a spatial behavioral model of the diffusion of an infection to understand the role
of geographic characteristics: the number and distribution of outbreaks, population size …

This paper investigates the importance of the age composition in the Covid-19 pandemic.
We augment a standard SIR epidemiological model with individual choices on work and non …