Using a dynamic panel dataset of 150 countries for the period of 2006-2018 and a twostep system GMM estimation model, this paper shows that natural resources have a positive effect on economic development while holding corruption constant. Our findings support the notion that natural resources...

We investigate the effect of standardized mathematics scores for young adults on the number of COVID-19 cases in the United States. We find that a one grade level increase in test scores led to a decrease in COVID-19 cases 30, 60, and 90 days after the first case in each county. Our findings...

This paper presents a study on 80 countries that evaluates the socioeconomic factors in containing the spread and mortality of COVID-19 pandemic with the countries whose infection and death cases are more than 30 days after the 10th case being reported. Our results show that the long-term social...

By applying the data from 59 countries to simultaneous equations models with 3SLS and GMM estimations, we analyze the effects and counter-effects of stringency of movement restrictions and unemployment rate in responses to COVID-19 infection cases. On the one hand, our results show that the...

Purpose The authors analyze the effects of political freedom and personal freedom on the spread of COVID-19 in a cross-country study. The authors also investigate how income inequality, urbanization and previous experience with a similar respiratory epidemic/pandemic, such as SARS and MERS,...