Research

Agrawal, V., Cantor, J., Sood, N., & Whaley, C. (2023). The impact of COVID-19 shelter-in-place policy responses on excess mortality. Health Economics, 1–17.
Media Coverage: The Washington Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Spectator
Altmetric score: 1118

Agrawal, Virat, Neeraj Sood & Christopher M. Whaley. (2023). “The Impact of the Global COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign on All-Cause Mortality.” National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper:31812

Academic Coverage: USC Schaeffer, Brown University, Immunization Economics (IHEA)

Agrawal, Virat, Neeraj Sood, & Christopher M. Whaley. (2022). “The Ex-Ante Moral Hazard Effects of COVID-19 Vaccines.” National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper:30602

Agrawal, Virat, Jonathan H. Cantor, Neeraj Sood, & Christopher M. Whaley. (2021). “The Impact of the COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution on Mental Health Outcomes.” National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper:29593

Media Coverage: The Economist, MarketWatch 

Agrawal, Virat, Neeraj Sood & Christopher M. Whaley. “The Impact of Housing Price Inflation on Food Purchase Behaviors and Health.”

Agrawal, Virat & Isabelle Brocas “How Personality Traits Influenced Mental Health Outcomes and Coping Behaviors during COVID-19.”

Agrawal, Virat “The Heterogenous Relationship Between Weight Loss Expectation and Adherence to Weight Loss Behavior."

Agrawal, Virat “The Heterogenous Relationship Between Outcome Expectation and Physical Activity Behavior."