Our department's faculty have been studying the economic impacts of COVID-19 on the economy. Below are links to papers, interviews and opinions that look into the ramifications of the pandemic and it's far-reaching economic impacts.
Papers
- "Business Continuity Insurance: Keeping America's Lights On During The Pandemic" - Professor Jeremy Stein 4/8/2020
Opinions
- "How to end plasma shortage for coranavirus patients"- Professor Scott Kominers - 5/15/2020
- "A life-or-death moment for cities: New York and other metropolises must protect themselves from pandemics or our future will be far less urban" - Professor Edward Glaeser - 5/10/2020
- "In the Race for a Coronavirus Vaccine, We Must Go Big. Really, Really Big." - Professor Michael Kremer - 5/4/2020
- "A tale of two possible recoveries" - Professor N. Gregory Mankiw - 4/16/2010
- "There is, as with ‘Spanish Flu’, chance for major global economic decline" - Professor Robert J. Barro - 4/2/2020
- "The Coronavirus Debt Threat" - Professor Kenneth Rogoff - 3/26/2020
- "Will the Coronavirus Kill the European Union" - Professor Alberto Alesina - 3/27/2020
Interviews
- "Economics Needs a Moral Awakening" - Professor Amartya Sen 4/27/2020
- "Covid-19 Dispatch: Edward Glaeser" - Professor Edward Glaeser 4/22/2020
- "Covid-19 pandemic validates the need for multilateral institutions, IMF chief economist says" - Professor Gita Gopinath 4/15/2020
- "Grim As It Is Now, Larry Summers Guesses Recovery Could Be Faster Than Anticipated" - Professor Lawrence Summers 4/2/2020
- "The economy and policy in the coronavirus crisis to date" - Professors James Stock, Jeremy Stein, Robert J. Barro, Jason Furman - 3/20/2020