COVID-Economics Links (April 22) ~ Antonio Fatas on the Global Economy

Blogs, Opinions and Academic papers

• How to implement a comprehensive debt standstill for COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries – Bolton et al (VoxEU.org)
• Why the European Central Bank can save the eurozone – Martin Wolf (FT)
• A perfect storm: COVID-19 in emerging economies – Constantino Hevia and Pablo Andrés Neumeyer  (VoxEU.org)
• Don’t Waste the Pandemic Response – Bertrand Badré (PS)
• Coping with COVID-19 and oil price collapse in the Gulf Cooperation Council – Rabah Arezki Rachel Yuting Fan and Ha Nguyen (World Bank)
• Coronavirus poses serious financial risks to US universities – Dick Startz (Brookings)
• COVID-19 and gender gaps: Latest evidence and lessons from the UK – Barbara Petrongolo, Claudia Hupkau  (VoxEU.org)
• COVID-19 and the Trust Deficit – Michael Spence and David W Brady
• COVID-19, employment and women in OECD countries – Monika Queisser, Willem Admea, Chris Clarke  (VoxEU.org)
• The Covid-19 shock: Employment in middle-income economies – Zsoka Koczan, Alexander Plekhanov  (VoxEU.org)
• The merits of Spain’s proposed recovery fund are irrefutable – Martin Sandbu (FT)
• COVID-19 in Italy: An analysis of death registry data – Gabriele Ciminelli, Sílvia Garcia-Mandicó   (VoxEU.org)
• A corona financial solidarity levy- Daniel Gros  (VoxEU.org)
• Racing against COVID-19: a vaccines strategy for Europe – Veugelers and Zachmann (Bruegel)
• Economic Policy Incentives to Preserve Lives and Livelihoods – Roberto Chang and Andrés Velasco (NBER WP)
• Policy Implications of Models of the Spread of Coronavirus: Perspectives and Opportunities for Economists – Avery et al. (NBER WP)
• How Aging Societies Should Respond to Pandemics – Andrew Scott (PS)

News

• Oil-producing nations grapple with latest price fall – FT.com
• Bank of Mexico Cuts Interest Rates at Unscheduled Meeting – WSJ.com
• About that ‘V-shaped’ recovery –  FT Alphaville
• We need to figure out how we will reopen the economy. But not like this – FT Alphaville
• Data gathering can liberate us from a much longer lockdown – FT.com
• Investors count on radical ECB action to head off Italy crisis – FT.com
• South Korea boosts coronavirus crisis stimulus package to $200bn – FT.com