Senior Fellows/Fellows

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Senior Fellows/Fellows, Pandemic

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May 2020

Investors’ risk attitudes in the pandemic and the stock market: new evidence based on internet searches

Giulio CORNELLI, Leonardo GAMBACORTA, Dora XIA, Marlene AMSTAD
The sharp drop and subsequent rebound in global stock markets in the current pandemic focuses attention on changes in investors’ risk attitudes. A new COVID-19 risk attitude (CRA) index for 61 markets, based on internet searches in Google and Baidu, does a good job at capturing investors’ attitu...
Keywords: COVID-19, equity market, sentiment, risk attitude
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Commentaries

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2020, Pandemic

The Impact of COVID-19 on Asia and the Future of Global Supply Chains

Bert HOFMAN
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2020, Pandemic

Singapore’s Coordinated Battle against the Pandemic

Weina ZHANG, Ruth TAN
Like other countries, Singapore has been affected by the pandemic; it has gone through partial lockdown, full lock down, and has just reopened. This article reflects upon and draws learning from its experience....
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2020, Pandemic

Why China Needs to Push for a Global Debt Standstill

Chang-Tai HSIEH
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2020, Pandemic

Saving Lives versus Saving Livelihoods: Can Big Data Technology Solve the Pandemic Dilemma?

Kairong XIAO
This paper studies the effectiveness of big data technology in mitigating the economic and health impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak. I exploit the staggered implementation of contact-tracing apps called “health code” in 322 Chinese cities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using high-frequency variati...
Keywords: big data, Coronavirus
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