Business, Economy, and Policy in the Midst of COVID-19

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1. Detecting, Testing and Tracing the Pandemic - Epidemiological basis/modeling, including Digital and BIG DATA applications - Demographic distribution and implications Suppression / Containment Strategies for the Pandemic - Lockdown, Phasing out, Adaptive strategies - Medical support and Strategies 2. Paradox of the Pandemic I - Macroeconomic Impact of Containment - Recession, Depression, Deflation, Income inequality, Health access inequality - Jobs, Firm creation, Small businesses, Large businesses, Bankruptcies 3. Paradox of the Pandemic II - Financial Impact of Containment - Equity, Bond, Wholesale funding, Foreign exchange: Returns, volatility and correlation - Banks, Broker-dealers, Insurance companies 4. Policy Responses to the Macroeconomic and Financial Fallout - Cost-benefit analysis of Fiscal, Monetary and Quasi-Fiscal responses - Long-run implications: Public debt, Central bank independence, Inflation 5. Global Issues - Spillovers via Supply Chains, Multinationals, Markets, Central Banks - Emerging markets vs Developed economy policy tradeoffs, Role of IMF and NGO sector 6. Planning for Future - Pandemic and Climate Stress Tests - Investing in Robustness against Low-Risk, High-Cost shocks - Implications for Resilience in Health, Business, Economy, Policy...