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Covid-19

Trump Voters Were More Reluctant to Acknowledge the Seriousness of the Pandemic and Adapt Their Behavior Accordingly

Yael Hochberg
Using data on individuals' search behavior and cellphone movement data, a new study shows that areas with a high share of Trump voters began...
Covid-19

Covid Economics: The Marcoeconomic Impact of the Pandemic and Policy Responses

Joost Sijthoff
ProMarket reviews the most recent and interesting academic papers on the ongoing pandemic: One paper argues that people do not always fully internalize the...
Antitrust and Competition

Zoom, Netflix, Slack: Amazon Is Behind All the Services We Use to Work From Home (and That’s a Problem)

Daniel A. Hanley
The new normal for millions of people represents a near-total dependence on Amazon’s cloud-computing operation, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and places a substantial portion...
Covid-19

MBA Students Against Corporate America: “Stop Lobbying the White House on the Defense Production Act”

Stefano Feltri
Since the virus outbreak, the US Chamber of Commerce has lobbied the federal government to limit the use of a piece of legislation that...
Covid-19

Covid-19, Central Banks, and Debt Monetization: a Webinar With Olivier Blanchard

ProMarket writers
Princeton Professor Markus Brunnermeier and former IMF chief economist Olivier Blanchard discuss the impact of the current global health crisis on public finances and policy...
Covid-19

Covid Economics: During 1918 Influenza, Severe Social Distancing Reduced Negative Impacts on American Economy

David Lever
ProMarket reviews the most recent and interesting academic papers on the ongoing pandemic: Sergio Correia, Stephan Luck, and Emil Verner studied how US cities and...
Covid-19

The World After Covid-19: Inequality Within Rich Countries Will Increase, Globalization Will Reverse, Politics Will Remain Turbulent

Branko Milanovic
The negative effects of the crisis on growth will be very strong. But it will not affect everyone in the same way. If the...
Antitrust and Competition

How Private Equity Companies Are Lobbying to Profit from The Covid-19 Economic Fallout

Matt Stoller
Private equity funds aren’t just seeking to save the investments they already have, but to get access to more capital to invest in a...
Covid-19

Is Regulation Jeopardizing Policy Response to Coronavirus Crisis? Sendhil Mullainathan and Richard Thaler Collect Red-tape Stories

ProMarket writers
Two of the most well-known University of Chicago economists launched a website to collect examples of regulations that are limiting the United States' reaction to...
Covid-19

How and When to Restart the Economy: a Webinar with Nobel Laureate Paul Romer

ProMarket writers
Princeton Professor Markus Brunnermeier and Nobel laureate economist Paul Romer explore what options we have to stop the pandemic and recover economic activities. Is...
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