We seek both empirical and theoretical policy-relevant papers. Areas of interest include but are not limited to:
- Demand and supply effects from the crisis and their impact on the economy
- Asymmetric recovery from the crisis across sectors and countries
- Structural changes in terms of consumer behaviour and economic activity
- The implications of social distancing and e-commerce for economic performance
- The evolution of public debt and fiscal-monetary interactions
- Impact on the financial system and macro-financial linkages
- Central bank interventions
- The interaction between epidemiological and economic factors
- Coordination failures and preparedness for future pandemics across countries