The goal of this piece is to survey the develo** and rapidly growing literature on the
economic consequences of COVID‐19 and the governmental responses, and to synthetize …

Science is frequently used and distorted to advance political, economic, or cultural agendas.
The politicization of science can limit the positive impacts that scientific advances can offer …

We study how the differential timing of local lockdowns due to COVID-19 causally affects
households' spending and macroeconomic expectations at the local level using several …

Utilizing transaction-level financial data, we explore how household consumption
responded to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. As case numbers grew and cities and …

We synthesize the literature on the recent rise of populism. First, we discuss definitions and
present descriptive evidence on the recent increase in support for populists. Second, we …

The present COVID-19 pandemic has brought extraordinary challenges and has affected the
educational sectors, and no one knows when it will end. Every country is presently …

This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of financial intermediation and the
economic effects of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a large and novel small …

Given the role of human behavior in the spread of disease, it is vital to understand what
drives people to engage in or refrain from health-related behaviors during a pandemic. This …

To what extent do mass media outlets influence viewers' trust in scientific evidence and
compliance with behavior recommended by scientific experts? Exploiting the US lockdown …

Voluntary physical distancing is essential for preventing the spread of COVID-19. We
assessed the role of political partisanship in individuals' compliance with physical distancing …