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

March 5, 2021

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Amr Hosny. The Sooner (and the Smarter), the Better: COVID-19 Containment Measures and Fiscal Responses, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2021) accessed December 26, 2024

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Summary

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.

Subject: COVID-19, Fiscal performance assessment, Fiscal policy, Fiscal space, Health, Income, National accounts

Keywords: ATL health specification, Containment health indices, Containment measure, Containment measures, COVID-19, Fiscal measures, Fiscal performance assessment, Fiscal space, Global, Health index, Income, Middle East and Central Asia, OxCGRT containment, Western Hemisphere, WP

Publication Details

Pages:

23
Volume:

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Series:

Working Paper No. 2021/065
Stock No:

WPIEA2021065
ISBN:

9781513571638
ISSN:

1018-5941

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