A world-wide pandemic could have started at any point in the past century since Spanish Flu circled the globe. However, as Dr Toxvaerd explains; “To a certain extent the world ‘got lucky’, and the world was almost lulled into a false sense of security; it was thought we could contain a virus as well as we did SARS. This turned out to be wrong.”
Economics News | Published on Thursday, 17 June, 2021
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Tuesday, 11 May, 2021
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd was interviewed for the At The Margin Podcast about The Economics of Vaccines. Among other topics, Dr.
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Monday, 22 March, 2021
Professor Giancarlo Corsetti will give an online seminar, co-hosted by the CEPII and T3M on Thursday 8th April 2021, 2:30-4:00pm (Paris time). Prof. Corsetti will present the findings of his recent paper "Social Distancing and Supply Disruptions in a Pandemic", joint with Martin Bodenstein and Luca Guerrieri.
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Wednesday, 3 March, 2021
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd was interviewed for BBC News Scotland, where he talked about the implications of easing the current lockdown restrictions and the differences in approach between the UK Government and Scottish Parliament, for the easing the restrictions.
Keywords: LockdownSocial DistancingCOVID-19Policy
Economics News | Published on Monday, 1 March, 2021
“When considering the cost of social distancing, it might be assumed that voluntary measures have a lower economic cost,” says Professor Corsetti. “However, we investigated the economic costs of mandatory rules compared to optional social distance guidance, and found the economic cost is broadly similar. This is strikingly – and not what many people would assume.”
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Tuesday, 12 January, 2021
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd gave a talk about his research into "Social Distancing: Two Extensions of the Standard Model" as part of the Adam Smith's Panmure House research seminar series.
Economics News | Published on Monday, 14 December, 2020
“When I started, I had no expectation that the first year would be a very unusual year on every possible ground,” says Professor Leonardo Felli.
Economics News | Published on Monday, 14 December, 2020
Back in March, as it became apparent that Easter term would take place remotely, the Faculty set to work devising a new assessment method. A long list of challenges quickly emerged: how would the Faculty preserve the integrity of the examinations?
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Tuesday, 24 November, 2020
Flavio Toxvaerd and Miltos Makris (University of Kent) have published an article for VOXeu titled "Vaccines against COVID-19 are on the horizon; now is the time to manage the transition rationally".
Keywords: Social DistancingVaccinesCOVID-19Policy
Economics News | Published on Tuesday, 24 November, 2020
“It’s great news we have two possible vaccines against COVID-19 that are likely to start rolling out soon, and a third in the wings,” says Dr Flavio Toxvaerd. “Many people are focussed on the benefit from the inoculation.
Keywords: Social DistancingVaccinesCOVID-19Policy
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Tuesday, 20 October, 2020
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd was interviewed for Cheddar News Network on Friday 23rd October 2020, where he discussed the reimplementation of lockdowns across Europe, due to the rise in COVID-19 cases and the global economic impact of this.
Keywords: LockdownSocial DistancingCOVID-19Policy
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Tuesday, 6 October, 2020
Dr Chryssi Giannitsarou and Flavio Toxvaerd's VOXeu "What To Do If COVID-19 Is Here To Stay" was quoted in Jeffrey Sparshott's Wall Street Journal Economics Blog "
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Tuesday, 6 October, 2020
Dr Chryssi Giannitsarou and Flavio Toxvaerd's VOXeu "What To Do If COVID-19 Is Here To Stay" was quoted in Jeffrey Sparshott's Wall Street Journal Economics Blog "
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Tuesday, 29 September, 2020
Dr Flavio Toxvaerd was quoted in the following news outlets; the New Scientist, Medscape,
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Tuesday, 1 September, 2020
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd has written a new entry for the Economics Observatory asking Do people change their behaviour when face masks are mandatory?
Keywords: EconomyLockdownSocial DistancingCOVID-19
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Wednesday, 5 August, 2020
Professor Giancarlo Corsetti will give the Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease's COVID-19 Weekly Webinar on "Can Social Distancing Improve the Trade-off Between Health and the Economy?".
Keywords: EconomySocial DistancingCOVID-19Health
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Thursday, 4 June, 2020
Professor Giancarlo Corsetti's article entitled "Can Social Distancing Improve the Trade Off between Health and Economy?", which discusses how public health measures such as social distancing can reduce deaths by keeping the number of infected individuals from exceeding the capacity of the health care system has been featured by CNN a
Economics News | Published on Friday, 1 May, 2020
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