The purpose of this work is to give a contribution to the understanding of the COVID-19
contagion in Italy. To this end, we developed a modified Susceptible-Infected-Recovered …

We study targeted lockdowns in a multigroup SIR model where infection, hospitalization,
and fatality rates vary between groups—in particular between the “young,” the “middle …

We develop a multi-risk SIR model (MR-SIR) where infection, hospitalization and fatality
rates vary between groups—in particular between the “young”,“the middle-aged” and the …

We develop a quantitative framework for exploring how individuals trade off the utility benefit
of social activity against the internal and external health risks that come with social …

We extend the canonical epidemiology model to study the interaction between economic
decisions and epidemics. Our model implies that people cut back on consumption and work …

Socially responsible behavior is crucial for slowing the spread of infectious diseases.
However, economic and epidemiological models of disease transmission abstract from …

Abstract Authors' Note, May 2021. The first version of this paper was published in May 2020
as a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, and a subsequent version was …

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 …

We develop a multiple-events model and exploit within and between country variation in the
timing, type and level of intensity of various public policies to study their dynamic effects on …

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 …