A cross-country analysis of the determinants of Covid-19 fatalities

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Bibliographic Details
Authors and Corporations:	Toya, Hideki (Author), Skidmore, Mark (Author)
Other Authors:	Skidmore, Mark [Author]
Type of Resource:	E-Book
Language:	English
published:	Munich, Germany CESifo, Center for Economic Studies & Ifo Institute April 2021
Series:	CESifo GmbH: CESifo working papers ; no. 9028 (2021)
Subjects:	pandemic Covid-19 fatalities Graue Literatur
Source:	Verbunddaten SWB Lizenzfreie Online-Ressourcen

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Summary:	Over the last year the world experienced the COVID-19 pandemic coupled with unprecedented policy responses. In this paper we examine the determinants of COVID-19 infections and fatalities in a cross-country analysis. We find that countries with greater income, less dense and greater elderly populations, fewer hospital beds, and more freedom experienced greater fatalities, and that travel restrictions and use of hydroxychloroquine reduced deaths. However, we find little evidence that lockdowns reduced fatalities, and though use of PCR testing resulted in more recorded infections, it was unassociated with fatalities.
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (circa 14 Seiten)