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Introduction to the Special Issue on COVID Economics

Introduction to the Special Issue on COVID Economics The rapid spread of the novel coronavirus in early 2020 and the consequent global impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic are unprecedented in living memory. By late June 2021, there were close to 180 million cases worldwide and nearly 4 million deaths, with many countries, including Canada, experiencing multiple waves of the pandemic.Subsequent to World Health Organization's declaration of the pandemic on March 11, 2020, governments and public health authorities immediately entered into a state of emergency. They responded by taking extreme actions to slow and contain the spread of the coronavirus with devastating effects on the economy worldwide. The close nexus between the health consequences of the pandemic, and the functioning of the economy has drawn a tremendous research effort from the economics community. Recognizing the diversity of this research, with different perspectives, methodological approaches and far‐reaching consequences, we initiated an open call for a special CJE issue on COVID economics in May 2020. We received 87 submissions that underwent the usual peer review process, resulting in the eventual selection of the 21 papers gathered together for this volume.The set of papers falls into four core themes: (i) household finances and government programs to alleviate the financial impact of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue Canadienne D'économique Wiley

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Wiley
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© 2022 Canadian Economics Association
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0008-4085
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1540-5982
DOI
10.1111/caje.12562
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The rapid spread of the novel coronavirus in early 2020 and the consequent global impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic are unprecedented in living memory. By late June 2021, there were close to 180 million cases worldwide and nearly 4 million deaths, with many countries, including Canada, experiencing multiple waves of the pandemic.Subsequent to World Health Organization's declaration of the pandemic on March 11, 2020, governments and public health authorities immediately entered into a state of emergency. They responded by taking extreme actions to slow and contain the spread of the coronavirus with devastating effects on the economy worldwide. The close nexus between the health consequences of the pandemic, and the functioning of the economy has drawn a tremendous research effort from the economics community. Recognizing the diversity of this research, with different perspectives, methodological approaches and far‐reaching consequences, we initiated an open call for a special CJE issue on COVID economics in May 2020. We received 87 submissions that underwent the usual peer review process, resulting in the eventual selection of the 21 papers gathered together for this volume.The set of papers falls into four core themes: (i) household finances and government programs to alleviate the financial impact of

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Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue Canadienne D'économique – Wiley

Published: Feb 1, 2022

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