Economic Activity, Fiscal Space and Types of COVID-19 Containment Measures /

This paper argues that the type of COVID-19 containment measures affects the trade-offs between infection cases, economic activity and sovereign risk. Using local projection methods and a year and a half of high-frequency daily data covering 44 advanced and emerging economies, we find that smart (e....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hosny, Amr
Other Authors: Pallara, Kevin
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2022.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2022/012
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