Background: While a large literature has quantified the health and economic impact of COVID-19, estimates on the subjective losses in quality of life due to government imposed restrictions remain scarce. Methods: We conducted a nationally representative online survey in Swit...
But the premier acknowledged that matching that same growth target that the leadership had set a year earlier—when the country was buoyed by optimism after the lifting of three years of Covid-era restrictions—would be an uphill climb. "Achieving this year's targets will not be easy, so we...
While the government attempts to impose restrictions on the area, Burnham is holding out for more financial support. /Martin Rickett/Pool/AFP The UK government has become embroiled in a stand-off with the northern metropolitan area of Greater Manchester after the region...
Under Trump and Biden, the spending burden has grown much faster (even if we ignore the orgy of COVID spending). Unfortunately, it is likely that the next four years will be just as bad as the past eight years. That’s because both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are big spenders. Not...
Boris Johnson’s Tory government was accused of treating the North with “contempt” after a bitter row erupted over proposed coronavirus lockdown restrictions. Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham said the North was “fed up of being pushed around”, claiming the region was being...
The Covid-19 Act, approved by lawmakers in September, gives Swiss authorities a continuing legal basis to impose restrictions to handle the coronavirus outbreak in the country. Before the legislation, Bern only had the power to curb public life through unilateral emergency decrees under Switzerland’...
The Biden administration is preparing to relax COVID-19 testing restrictions for travelers from China as soon as Friday, according to two people familiar with the decision. Mar 8, 2023 0 33 Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes China dismisses FBI statement on COVID-19 lab leak theory For the se...
But the premier acknowledged that matching that same growth target that the leadership had set a year earlier—when the country was buoyed by optimism after the lifting of three years of Covid-era restrictions—would be an uphill climb. "Achieving this year's targets will not be easy, so we...
• Government responses to COVID-19 alleviate herding behaviour. • Short-selling restrictions during COVID-19 alleviate herding behaviour. Abstract We study if government response to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic can mitigate investor herding behaviour in international stock markets. Our ...
For many governments in the world, the primary mandate became the preservation of lives, which entailed introducing several interventions to bring down the COVID-19-related infections and deaths. Such interventions, among others, included national lockdowns, travel restrictions, quarantine and isolation...