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This asymmetric effect of the shock on economic activities becomes an asymmetric impact on countries depending on their sectoral composition.
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Díaz, A. Common Fiscal Capacity Is Needed to Strengthen Risk Sharing. Intereconomics 55, 215–219 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10272-020-0905-1
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