Monetary Policy and COVID-19 /

We study the macroeconomic effects of the COVID-19 epidemic in a quantitative dynamic general equilibrium setup with nominal rigidities. We evaluate various containment policies and show that they allow to dramatically reduce the welfare cost of the disease. Then we investigate the role that monetar...

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Autor principal: Brzoza-Brzezina, Michal
Outros Autores: Kolasa, Marcin, Makarski, Krzysztof
Formato: Periódico
Idioma:English
Publicado em: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021.
Colecção:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2021/274
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