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HBS COVID-19 Global Policy Tracker

By: Alberto Cavallo and Tannya Cai
  • Format:Print
  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:12
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Abstract

The HBS COVID-19 Global Policy Tracker is an initiative by the Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE) unit at Harvard Business School (HBS) to collect and standardize economic policies implemented as a response to the coronavirus pandemic around the world. We focus on fiscal policy, monetary policy, and lockdowns and quantify government responses in common variables, units, and currencies to facilitate cross-country comparisons. The database is updated in real time with the efforts of several dozens of students at HBS and other Harvard schools.

Keywords

COVID-19; Economics; Policy; Health Pandemics; Government and Politics; Global Range

Citation

Cavallo, Alberto, and Tannya Cai. "HBS COVID-19 Global Policy Tracker." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-110, April 2020. (Available at www.globalpolicytracker.com.)

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About The Author

Alberto F. Cavallo

Business, Government and the International Economy
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