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Monetary policy, COVID-19 immunization, and risk in the US stock markets

Baek, Seungho; Lee, Kwan Yong - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-12

vaccination and the movements. These findings are consistent with panel regression results. Specifically, we find that the … systemic COVID-19 shock in the US stock market is alleviated by an increase in the number of COVID-19 vaccination doses … policy influences the stock market volatility significantly more than the vaccination, regardless of firm size and industry …

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Thailand : 2021 Article IV consultation : press release; staff report; and statement by the Executive Director for Thailand

Internationaler Währungsfonds - 2021

A nascent recovery is underway in Thailand following the COVID-19 downturn. Ample policy buffers, underpinned by judicious management of public finances, allowed the authorities to implement a multipronged package of fiscal, monetary, and financial policies to mitigate the COVID-19 impact on...

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Nontraditional monetary policy options : is commodity-based stabilization policy worth another look?

Burdekin, Richard C. K. (contributor) - 2004

The very low interest rates and inflation rates of recent years has generated renewed interest in alternative policies that would not leave central banks trapped by the zero lower bound on nominal interest rates. Amongst this debate, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the possibility...

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The Case Against Monetary Behavioral Incentives in the Context of COVID-19 Vaccination

Santos Rutschman, Ana; Wiemken, Timothy L. - 2021

In this essay, we examine and critique current proposals to offer monetary incentives for vaccination against COVID-19 … and public health value of COVID-19 vaccination. Moreover, they tap into existing socioeconomic and racial disparities …

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The Gambia : second review under the extended credit facility arrangement and financing assurances review; press release; and staff report

Internationaler Währungsfonds - 2021

The Gambia is experiencing a second wave of COVID-19 cases. The vaccination campaign started in early March 2021, but …

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Canada : 2021 Article IV consultation : press release and staff report

Internationaler Währungsfonds - 2021

The Canadian economy was operating at close to capacity and had strong policy buffers when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Economic and social restrictions put in place in March 2020 helped to mitigate the first wave of the virus, but they came at a significant cost. There was an unprecedented...

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The backfiring effects of monetary and gift incentives on Covid-19 vaccination willingness

Zhanga, Xinrui; Lane, Tom - 2022

Policies offering material incentives for Covid-19 vaccination have been widely used around the world as countries … such interventions on vaccination willingness. We provide the first Covid-19 vaccine study to separately consider and … vaccination willingness than simply offering vaccines for free. The effects of money and gifts of equivalent value do not …

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Republic of Armenia : 2021 Article IV consultation, fourth and fifth reviews under the stand-by arrangement, and request for waiver of nonobservance of performance criterion and monetary policy consultation clause : press release; staff report; and statement by the Executive Director for Republic of Armenia

Internationaler Währungsfonds - 2021

Armenia has commenced a robust recovery from the deep 2020 recession, benefiting from strong policies and the lifting of the political uncertainty after the elections in June. A gradual but uneven improvement in the pandemic situation, pent-up demand, and the strengthening of public and private...

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Big G

Cox, Lydia; Müller, Gernot J.; Pasten, Ernesto; … - 2020

"Big G" typically refers to aggregate government spending on a homogeneous good. In this paper, we open up this construct by analyzing the entire universe of procurement contracts of the US government and establish five facts. First, government spending is granular; that is, it is concentrated...

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Big G

Cox, Lydia; Müller, Gernot J.; Pasten, Ernesto; … - 2020

"Big G" typically refers to aggregate government spending on a homogeneous good. In this paper, we open up this construct by analyzing the entire universe of procurement contracts of the US government and establish ﬁve facts. First, government spending is granular, that is, it is concentrated...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012206057