Journal Articles
Economic Epidemiology: A framework to study interactions of epidemics and the economy (Joint with Lin Liu) Applied Health Economics and Health Policy, Commentary, Forthcoming, 2024.
Economic epidemiology modelling: A progress report (Joint with Raouf Boucekkine, Shankha Chakraborty, and Lin Liu) Journal of Mathematical Economics 50th Anniversary Special Issue, Forthcoming, 2024.
Modelling optimal quarantines with waning immunity (Joint with Lin Liu and Manh-Hung Nguyen) Economic Theory, 2024
Smart lockdowns to control COVID-19 (Joint with Lin Liu) Nature Computational Science, April 2022.
COVID-19 and a Green Recovery? (Joint with Lin Liu and Manh-Hung Nguyen), Economic Modelling Special Issue on Growth, 2021.
The economics of epidemics and infectious diseases (Joint with Raouf Boucekkine, Andres Caravajal and Shankha Chakraborty), Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2021, 93,1-8.
SIR Economic Epidemiological Models with Disease Induced Mortality (Joint with Lin Liu and Manh-Hung Nguyen), Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2021, 93.
“Infectious diseases, human capital and economic growth,” (Joint with Lin Liu) Economic Theory, 2020.
“Infectious diseases and economic growth” (Joint with Lin Liu and Manh-Hung Nguyen), Journal of Mathematical Economics, 2014.
“Infectious diseases and economic fluctuations,” (Joint with Lin Liu) Economic Theory, 50 (1), 125-149, 2012.
Working Papers
Health and economic inequality during pandemics: A heterogeneous agent perspective (Joint with Lin Liu and Haokun Pang)
Does epidemiology matter? Policy functions in economic epidemiology models (Joint with Lin Liu and Haokun Pang)
Modelling optimal quarantines under infectious disease related mortality (Joint with Lin Liu and Manh-Hung Nguyen) Toulouse School of Economics WP 20-1136, August 2020.
Editorial Work
Co-Editor, Special issue on Economics of Pandemics and Emerging Diseases, Journal of Mathematical Economics.
Policy Work
Policy paper
"Climate change impacts on health in Vietnam" (Joint with M.H. Nguyen, N.V. Cuong, N.L. Anh, T. Nguyen) in Climate change in Viet Nam: Impacts and adaptation, E. Espagne, et al., AFD.
Evidence to Treasury Sub-Committee on Economic Effects of Covid, (Joint with Lin Liu) May 2020
Grants
Economic impact of Covid-19 on Oman, Joint with Ashraf Mishrif (Sultan Qaboos University)
Planning for pandemics: Income support and job retention schemes in G7 countries and evolution of economic and health inequality, British Academy, 2023-2024.
Developing the capability for integrated epidemiological and macro-economic modelling to aid epidemic preparedness and response, UKRI call on Pandemic Preparedness, PI: John Edmunds (LSHTM) and K. Hauck (Imperial), February 2024. £100,000.
Media & Blogs
Panel discussion: Looking back thinking ahead, Workshop on Economic Response to Covid-19, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, 20 July 2021.
Live interview on Covid-19, Channel News Asia, Singapore, 31 January 2020
Covid-19 and the economy: Looking back and thinking ahead, Panel discussion, City University London, 09 July 2020
Scramble for Covid-19 vaccines: Is there enough for everyone? , CoSS blog, University of Birmingham, 17 December 2020
Israel's vaccine rollout, The Conversation, 27 January 2021
Israel esta vacunando (Spanish) The Conversation, 29 January 2021
EU's dispute with AstraZeneca, The Conversation, 28 January 2021
Israel's vaccination programme, quoted in Australian Broadcast Corporation story, 6 February 2021
Premature re-opening may not bring economic benefits, The Conversation 3 March 2021
Italy's embargo on AZ vaccines, ABC, 5 March 2021.
EU's vaccine programme, CNBC Squawk Box, 8 March 2021.
Who should be vaccinated first? Economic Observatory, 30 March 2021
The Guardian, quoted in Vaccine Chart Toppers by Melissa Davey, 14 April 2021.
The new Omicron variant: will the UK response avert another crisis, Birmingham Business School blog, 29 November 2021
Are the planned cuts to UKHSA and expenditures to control COVID-19 warranted? CoSS blog, University of Birmingham, 6 May 2022
Covid policy making and the role of economists: A private view based on UK experience, Seminar EUI, 19 May 2022.
Royal Statistical Society Covid Evidence: Evidence and Policy Making, Presentation, 21 June 2022.
NEW: Interview by Dr Adelie Chevee (IHEID-EUI) on role of economists in policy making, 12 July 2022