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Pandemics and Economic Growth: Evidence from the 1968 H3N2 Influenza
We evaluate the 1968 H3N2 Flu pandemic’s economic cost in a cross-section of 52 countries. Using excess mortality rates as a proxy for the country-specific severity of the pandemic, we find that the average mortality rate (0.0062% per pandemic wave) was associated with a decline in output of 2.4% ov...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2021
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8507505/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34661047 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41885-021-00096-1 |