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Developing countries need to take their own approach when reacting to COVID-19

16 June 2020George LookerCOVID-19 series, Geography, Topical researchAcademic, COVID-19

Elias Papaioannou, Professor of Economics at London Business School and Academic Director of the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development was joined in conversation with Mushfiq Mobarak, Professor of Economics at Yale, with concurrent appointments at Yale School of Management and the Department of Economics, to discuss how different factors mean that countries have to adapt the policy measures they are taking to limit the impact of the pandemic.

Measuring the costs, benefits, and risks to listed firms as a result of COVID-19 and other epidemic diseases.

15 June 2020George LookerResearch we supportAcademic, COVID-19

The Wheeler Institute supports Professor Tahoun’s new research: Measuring the costs, benefits, and risks to listed firms as a result of COVID-19 and other epidemic diseases.

Companies need to use their comparative advantage to serve society

11 June 2020George LookerBusiness insights, COVID-19 seriesAcademic, COVID-19

How can businesses become more responsible and serve the society they exist in? Elias Papaioannou, Professor of Economics at London Business School and Co-Academic Director of the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development was joined in conversation with Alex Edmans, Professor of Finance at London Business School and Academic Director of the Centre for Corporate…

Africa should use this opportunity to prepare for the next pandemic

4 June 2020George LookerCOVID-19 series, GeographyAcademic, COVID-19

Elias Papaioannou, Academic Director of the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development was joined in conversation with Leonard Wantchekon, Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University, as well as Associated Faculty in Economics, to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the African continent, and consider the steps policymakers need to take to take as a result of the pandemic.

The benefits of accelerated vaccine development ‘are bigger than we can wrap our minds around’

3 June 2020George LookerCOVID-19 series, Topical research, Wheeler InstituteAcademic, COVID-19

Elias Papaioannou, Professor of Economics at London Business School and Academic Director of the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development was joined in conversation with Christopher Snyder, Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College, to discuss how an advanced market commitment could help speed the development of a vaccine for COVID-19.

The gender implications of COVID-19

28 May 2020George LookerBusiness insights, COVID-19 seriesAcademic, COVID-19

What is the impact of COVID-19 on women’s participation in the workforce? Elias Papaioannou, Professor of Economics at London Business School and Academic Director of the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development was joined in conversation with Matthias Doepke, Professor of Economics at Northwestern, to discuss how the pandemic is affecting family economics. While previous…

Could fear caused by COVID-19 affect voting behaviour?

27 May 2020George LookerCOVID-19 series, Geography, Topical researchAcademic, COVID-19

Ruben Durante, ICREA Research Professor at UPF, Affiliated Professor of the Barcelona GSE, research affiliate of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), and Associate Editor of the Journal of the European Economic Association

The reaction to the Coronavirus crisis will have more consequences and touch more lives than the trigger

22 May 2020George LookerBusiness insights, COVID-19 series, GeographyAcademic, COVID-19

How much of an impact is COVID-19 going to have on the world? Elias Papaioannou, Professor of Economics at London Business School and Academic Director of the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development was joined in conversation with Moisés Naím, an internationally-syndicated columnist and best-selling author, including The End of Power, as well as Venezuela’s…

The need for accurate economic data is on a par with having accurate medical data during the pandemic

22 May 2020George LookerCOVID-19 series, Geography, Topical researchAcademic, COVID-19

How can we quickly and accurately measure the macroeconomic shock brought about by COVID-19? Elias Papaioannou, Professor of Economics at London Business School and Academic Director of the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development was joined in conversation with Paolo Surico, Professor of Economics at London Business School, to discuss the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Economists are reliant on household consumption data to provide insights related to the impact of…

Hunger could kill more people than COVID-19

21 May 2020George LookerCOVID-19 series, Geography, Topical researchAcademic, COVID-19

Elias Papaioannou, Professor of Economics at London Business School and Academic Director of the Wheeler Institute for Business and Development was joined in conversation with Oriana Bandiera, Italian economist and academic and Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics, specialising in development economics, to discuss how her research in Bangladesh relating to the Ebola outbreak might have lessons for other developing economies during the COVID-19 pandemic.