COVID-19: How the Faculty Researched the Pandemic in Real Time
Dr Flavio Toxvaerd talks about the importance of the Faculty’s research into the current and future pandemics.
Published on - Thursday 17th June 2021
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Will Free Access to Vaccine IP Increase Supply?
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd was interviewed for the At The Margin Podcast about The Economics of Vaccines. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 11th May 2021
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Social Distancing: Does Voluntary or Mandated Distancing have more Economic Impact?
New research by Professor Giancarlo Corsetti questions the assumption that voluntary social distancing has less economic impact than mandated social distancing in the current pandemic.
Published on - Monday 1st March 2021
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Social Distancing and Supply Disruptions in a Pandemic
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). Read More>>
Published on - Monday 22nd March 2021
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Easing Lockdown Restrictions
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.
Published on - Wednesday 3rd March 2021
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The Faculty Addresses Brexit, post-COVID Challenges and Diversity
As incoming chair of the Faculty of Economics Professor Leonardo Felli has faced unprecedented challenges, and his first year would be unusual year in every possible way.
Published on - Monday 14th December 2020
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Social Distancing: Two Extensions of the Standard Model Research Seminar
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. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 12th January 2021
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Managing COVID-19 Vaccines Rationally
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". This column examines how the prospect of a vaccine alters individuals’ incentives to self-protect and how the social planner would prefer the individual to behave, between now and the arrival of the vaccine.
Published on - Tuesday 24th November 2020
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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. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 20th October 2020
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What To Do If COVID-19 Is Here To Stay
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 "Newsletter: Expiration Date".
Published on - Tuesday 6th October 2020
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The Economics of Infection
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd was quoted in the following news outlets; the New Scientist, Medscape, The Sun and the Huffington Post, about his ongoing research into "The Economics of Infection". Dr Toxvaerd has also published a new blog for Economics Observatory, "Externalities: Why Do We Need Coordinated Public Action In The Pandemic?". Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 29th September 2020
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Behaviour and Mandatory Face Masks
Dr. Flavio Toxvaerd has written a new entry for the Economics Observatory asking Do people change their behaviour when face masks are mandatory?
Published on - Tuesday 1st September 2020
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Can Social Distancing Improve the Trade-off Between Health and the Economy?
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?". The webinar will take place online on Thursday 6th August 2020 at 2.00pm and will be hosted by Dr. Nicholas Matheson (CITIID PI and consultant in Infectious Diseases).
Published on - Wednesday 5th August 2020
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Dr. Chryssi Giannitsarou and Flavio Toxvaerd have published an article for VOXeu titled "What To Do If COVID-19 Is Here To Stay". This column considers the possibility that immunity is only temporary, which in practice, means that partial lockdowns and social distancing measures may be the norm for years to come.
Published on - Monday 20th July 2020
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Can Social Distancing Improve the Trade Off between Health and Economy?
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 and Trends (in Dutch).
Published on - Thursday 4th June 2020
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Covid-19 Search and Matching Workshop
Dr Flavio Toxvaerd is presenting his research into "Social Distancing" at Session 3 of the "Covid-19 Search and Matching Workshop" on 28th May 2020, from 4.00pm - 6.15pm UK time. This online event will look at how the economics of search and matching models can be useful for understanding economic and virological aspects of the Coronavirus epidemic and is open to the public. Please register to watch the Workshop.
Event Date - Thursday 28th May 2020
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Can Social Distancing Improve Trade Between Health And Economy?
Professor Giancarlo Corsetti's research entitled "Can Social Distancing Improve Trade Between Health And Economy?" has been featured by CNBC and University of Cambridge Research News. Read More>>
Published on - Friday 1st May 2020
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COVID Economics Alumni Webinar Series 
Cambridge-INET and Dr. Meredith Crowley are hosting a series of public lectures for Cambridge Alumni. The first of these webinars "Mitigating Macroeconomic Meltdown", will take place on Friday 15th May 2020, at 1.00pm and feature talks by Professor Vasco Carvalho and Professor Giancarlo Corsetti. Please see the Cambridge-INET COVID Economics Alumni webinar series webpage for details.
Event Date - Friday 15th May 2020
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COVID-19 Economics Rapid Response Webinar
Cornell University is hosting a virtual event called "Integrated Economic Analysis Needed to Advance Short Term Decision-Making in the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic" on Tuesday 7th April 2020, from 1:00pm to 2:30pm. This webinar will be live streamed. Dr Flavio Toxvaerd will be presenting at the event on his research into social distancing and the economics of infectious diseases.
Event Date - Tuesday 7th April 2020
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