Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/230603 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
Queen’s Economics Department Working Paper No. 1451
Publisher: 
Queen's University, Department of Economics, Kingston (Ontario)
Abstract: 
Substantial weaknesses in the preparation by public health authorities and governments increased the health and economic costs of the Covid-19 pandemic relative to what they would have been if pre-existing recommendations had been followed and a wider set of plans had been put into place. Therefore, we set forth recommendations for carrying out post-mortems on the Covid-19 experience, planning for future pandemics, and establishing transparent and accountable governance systems for ongoing implementations of pre-pandemic plans. These three areas are important in and of themselves, as well as for setting the groundwork for pandemic stress tests and wargames.
Subjects: 
Covid-19
economic policy
medical policy
pandemic models
lockdown
JEL: 
I18
H12
H51
H84
G21
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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