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SJES Special Focus on Covid-19

Submission status
Closed
The Covid-19 pandemic presents a great challenge for health policy, but also for economic policy more broadly. The only remedy so far has involved confinement of substantial parts of the population to ensure appropriate levels of social distance. These necessary measures carry a substantial economic cost, with early data showing an unprecedented contraction in economic activity. In these massively changing times, economists can contribute to shaping the debate. The Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics has prepared a collection of submissions that analyze the disease and its impact on the economic and health situation, propose ways to mitigate economic consequences, or discuss ways to return to normal life, among others.

Editors

  • Cédric Tille Cédric Tille , 

    Cédric Tille

    Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies, Switzerland

  • Monika Buetler Monika Buetler , 

    Monika Buetler

    University Of St Gallen, Switzerland

  • Ugo Panizza Ugo Panizza , 

    Ugo Panizza

    Graduate Institute Geneva, Switzerland

  • Urban Jerman Urban Jerman  &

    Urban Jerman

    University of Pennsylvania, USA

  • Guido Kuersteiner Guido Kuersteiner

    Guido Kuersteiner

    University of Maryland, USA

Articles (19 in this collection)

  18. Blacking out

    Authors

    • Yvan Lengwiler
    • Content type: Original article
    • Open Access
    • Published: 23 July 2020
    • Article: 7