Richard Blundell directs us to RES resource page and especially their seminar series.
Virtual Macro Seminar Series
Morten Ravn points us to the virtual macro seminar series now largely focused on covid-19. Also on our partners page, and there is a link to youtube for earlier seminars.
Large batch of NBER working papers
The Geographic Spread of COVID-19 Correlates with Structure of Social Networks as Measured by Facebook
Theresa Kuchler, Dominic Russel, Johannes Stroebel
https://www.nber.org/papers/w26990?utm_campaign=ntwh&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntwg6
Firm-level Exposure to Epidemic Diseases: Covid-19, SARS, and H1N1
Tarek Alexander Hassan, Stephan Hollander, Laurence van Lent, Ahmed Tahoun
https://www.nber.org/papers/w26971?utm_campaign=ntwh&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntwg6
How Deadly Is COVID-19? Understanding The Difficulties With Estimation Of Its Fatality Rate
Andrew Atkeson
https://www.nber.org/papers/w26965?utm_campaign=ntwh&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntwg6
Polarization and Public Health: Partisan Differences in Social Distancing during the Coronavirus Pandemic
Hunt Allcott, Levi Boxell, Jacob C. Conway, Matthew Gentzkow, Michael Thaler, David Y. Yang
https://www.nber.org/papers/w26946?utm_campaign=ntwh&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntwg6
Social Distancing, Internet Access and Inequality
Lesley Chiou, Catherine Tucker
https://www.nber.org/papers/w26982?utm_campaign=ntwh&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntwg6
A Simple Planning Problem for COVID-19 Lockdown
Fernando E. Alvarez, David Argente, Francesco Lippi
https://www.nber.org/papers/w26981?utm_campaign=ntwh&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntwg6
How Are Small Businesses Adjusting to COVID-19? Early Evidence from a Survey
Alexander W. Bartik, Marianne Bertrand, Zoë B. Cullen, Edward L. Glaeser, Michael Luca, Christopher T. Stanton
https://www.nber.org/papers/w26989?utm_campaign=ntwh&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntwg6
Covid19 and the Macroeconomic Effects of Costly Disasters
Sydney C. Ludvigson, Sai Ma, Serena Ng
https://www.nber.org/papers/w26987?utm_campaign=ntwh&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntwg6
COVID-Induced Economic Uncertainty
Scott R. Baker, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis, Stephen J. Terry
https://www.nber.org/papers/w26983?utm_campaign=ntwh&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntwg6
Demographic Determinants of Testing Incidence and COVID-19 Infections in New York City Neighborhoods
George J. Borjas
https://www.nber.org/papers/w26952?utm_campaign=ntwh&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ntwg6
Crowdsourcing data
Help provide social distancing information for US communities.
Bring in the drones
In Bergamo apparently, although hard to believe that they shout in English.
Random Testing in the US
Jakub Steiner draws our attention to an interview with a US expert about plans there.
Testing in Colorado
Some information about who is doing the testing and where although they apparently aren’t yet done. This is 100% sample of an antibody test in San Miguel County, Colorado.
Social Distancing and the Need for Information
Two posts by Nick Papageorge on social distancing and the need for proper data.
European Bioinformatics Institute Data
The European bioinformatics institute is putting together a platform for sharing of medical data about Covid-19, some of which is already available.
Webinar with Acemoglu and Tirole
Economic approaches to the crisis: April 9 at 2 pm London Time.