Bogota is unique in recording and reporting the socioeconomic status of COVID-19 patients. As others in Latin America and Asia, the city imposed a blanket lockdown before contagion picked up in early 2020 and kept it in place for six months. We document that, during that period, being...

The influence of misinformation on the political decision-making process became a major concern in the United States after the 2016 Presidential election. We study the impact of "fake news" in the 2020 election cycle by conducting an online experiment the day before the "Super Tuesday" primary...