Thunström et al: “The benefits and costs of flattening the curve for Covid-19”
Social distancing matters a lot
Greenstone and Nigan: “Does social distancing matter?”
Korolev estimated SEIRD model
Ferguson infection/transmission estimates
Article on spontaneous social distancing
Flavio Toxvaerd considers how spontaneous social distancing by people influences the path of the epidemic. He shows that by protecting themselves, people “flatten the curve” in a non-coordinated manner.
Spread of Covid-19 in Iceland
Using testing to restart the economy
Dewatripont et al on using testing to safely restart the economy.
Diamond Princess data
Russell et al article analyzing the Diamond Princess data.
Macroeconomics of epidemics
Martin S. Eichenbaum, Sergio Rebelo, Mathias Trabandt “The Macroeconomics of Epidemics”
Transition back to work
Andrea Ichino’s group describe transition steps to stop COVID-19 without killing the world economy in VOXEU.