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The Sooner (and the Smarter), the Better: COVID-19 Containment Measures and Fiscal Responses

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This paper finds empirical evidence that faster and smarter containment measures were associated with lower fiscal responses to the COVID-19 shock. We also find that initial conditions, such as fiscal space, income, health preparedness and budget transparency were important in shaping the amount and design of the COVID-19 fiscal response.

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  • Amr Hosny, 2021. "The Sooner (and the Smarter), the Better: COVID-19 Containment Measures and Fiscal Responses," IMF Working Papers 2021/065, International Monetary Fund.
    • Handle: RePEc:imf:imfwpa:2021/065
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    1. Amr Hosny & Kevin Pallara, 2023. "Economic Activity, Fiscal Space and Types of COVID-19 Containment Measures," Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, Springer, vol. 7(3), pages 319-355, November.
    2. Kose, M. Ayhan & Kurlat, Sergio & Ohnsorge, Franziska & Sugawara, Naotaka, 2022. "A cross-country database of fiscal space," Journal of International Money and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 128(C).
    3. Thomas Hale & Noam Angrist & Andrew J Hale & Beatriz Kira & Saptarshi Majumdar & Anna Petherick & Toby Phillips & Devi Sridhar & Robin N Thompson & Samuel Webster & Yuxi Zhang, 2021. "Government responses and COVID-19 deaths: Global evidence across multiple pandemic waves," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(7), pages 1-14, July.
    4. Graciela Schiliuk & Tullio Buccellato & Jens Lapointe-Rohde & Georgios Palaiodimos & Habib Attia & Marthe Memoracion Hinojales & Catharine Kho & Gennady Vasiliev & Tigran Kostanyan & Alexandra de Carv, 2021. "Regional responses to the Covid-19 crisis: a comparative study from economic, policy, and institutional perspectives," Discussion Papers 18, European Stability Mechanism, revised 08 Nov 2021.

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