Pandemics
(selected papers; a full list of publications is available in my CV)
Surveys:
Four New Horsemen of an Apocalypse? Solar Flares, Super-volcanoes, High-Mortality Pandemics, and Misaligned Artificial Intelligence. w/ Tomáš Uher. Economics of Disasters and Climate Change (2022).
"A Review of the Economic Consequences of Pre-COVID epidemics." w/ Tomáš Uher. In: Skidmore (ed.). Handbook of the Economics of Natural Disasters (2022).
“The 2003 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic: a retroactive examination of economic costs.” w/ Sharlan Shields. Asian Development Bank Economics Working Paper #591 (October, 2019).
Research:
“The Economic Impacts of a Pandemic: What Happened after SARS in 2003?” w/ Nguyen Doan, Canh Phuc Nguyen, and Yasuyuki Sawada. In: Celbiş, Nijkamp, and Kourtit (eds.). Pandemic and the City (2023).
"The Japanese Textile Sector and the Pandemic Influenza of 1918-1920."w/ Toshihiro Okubo and Eric Strobl. Journal of Regional Science (2023).
“Pandemics and Economic Growth: Evidence from the 1968 H3N2 Influenza.” w/ Quy Ta and Yothin Jinjarak. Economics of Disasters and Climate Change (2022).
"Lifeyears lost due to COVID-19 in 2020: A comparison across countries and with past disasters." w/ Nguyen Doan. Global Policy (2021).
"The Economic Risk from COVID-19 in Pacific Island Countries: Very Few Infections but Lots of Pain." w/ Nguyen Doan and Tauisi Taupo. New Zealand Economic Papers (2022).
"The economic risk of COVID-19 in developing countries: Where is it highest?" w/ Nguyen Doan, Benno Ferrarini, Donghyun Park. In: Djankov and Panizza (Eds.) Developing Economies after COVID-19 (June, 2020).
"Measuring the Economic Risk of COVID-19 by Country." w/ Nguyen Doan, Benno Ferrarini, Donghyun Park. Global Policy (2020).
“The Economic Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Developing Asia.” w/ Abiad et al. Asian Development Bank Brief #128 (February, 2020).
“Measuring the Economic Risk of Epidemics.” w/ Nguyen Doan, Benno Ferrarini, and Donghyun Park. CESifo Working Paper 8016 (December, 2019).
Op-Eds:
Since January 2020, I have written several op-eds for The Conversation and a few other outlets.
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