Economic consequences of Covid-19: a counterfactual multi-country analysis
Chudik, Alexander ; Mohaddes, Kamiar ; Pesaran, M. Hashem ; Raissi, Mehdi ; Rebucci, Alessandro
Centre for Economic Policy Research, London
CEPR - London
2020
epidemic disease ; economic recession ; economic impact ; comparison
Economics
https://voxeu.org/article/economic-consequences-covid-19-multi-country-analysis
English
Bibliogr.;Statistics
"The Covid-19 pandemic is unprecedented in its global reach and impact, posing formidable challenges to policymakers and to the empirical analysis of its direct and indirect effects within the interconnected global economy. This column uses a ‘threshold-augmented multi-country econometric model' to help quantify the impact of the Covid-19 shock along several dimensions. The results of the analysis show that the global recession will be long lasting, with no country escaping its impact regardless of their mitigation strategy. These findings call for a coordinated multi-country policy response to the pandemic."
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