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EconPol Europe: Optimize Covid-19 Vaccine Production with Time-Based Incentives
A new policy brief from EconPol Europe analyses current vaccine production contracts and recommends an optimal contract design to boost availability. The policy implications, say authors, are very clear: contracts should contain incentives for accelerated production, with vaccines delivered early commanding a higher price.
EconPol Research Questions Impact of Robotization: New Study Finds Smaller Productivity Effects and Falling Wages
Robotization has significantly lower productivity effects than previously assumed and may cause falling wages, according to a new study from EconPol Europe. The study also rejects previous research findings that the technology causes skill-biased technological change and instead finds the opposite to be true.
EconPol Europe: Growth Expectations Higher Following Biden’s Election
International experts surveyed by EconPol Europe expect the election of Joe Biden to boost economic growth in their countries. The survey of 843 experts from 107 countries reveals they expect the Democratic candidate’s win to add 1.16 percentage points on average to growth in 2021.
Foreign Government Debt Depreciates Domestic Currency, Say EconPol Researchers
A change in US monetary policy could impact global exchange rates
EconPol Europe policy report: Sacrificing lives does not save the economy
“Sacrificing lives does not save the economy” is the stark conclusion of a new policy report from EconPol Europe. The report, which provides an overview of the number of cases, death toll, economic disruption and measures taken to combat Covid-19, concludes that short of an effective vaccine, no single measure is enough to stop the pandemic.