Are Temporary or Permanent Income Payments Better Placed to Boost Demand during Covid-19?

Macroeconomic Fluctuations: Demand or Supply, Permanent or Temporary?

We use generalized method of moments to estimate a rational expectations aggregate demand/aggregate supply macroeconomic model for five European economies and the United States. Our aim is to examine whether supply or demand shocks have predominated in these economies during the post-war era, and whether shocks of either type have been primarily temporary or permanent in nature. The estimation ...

Henna Tattoo: Temporary or Permanent?

Macroeconomic Fluctuations in the United States: Demand or Supply, Permanent or Temporary?

We use generalized method of moments to estimate a rational expectations aggregate demand/aggregate supply macroeconomic model for the US economy. Variants of the model have been extensively used in analyses of optimal monetary policy under rational expectations. Our aim is to examine whether supply or demand shocks have predominated in the postwar era, and whether shocks of either type have be...

Are Children Less Susceptible To COVID-19? A Case Series

Background The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2 [2019-nCoV]) is the origin of several cases of pneumonia in Wuhan, Hubei province, China. According to the reported data, children are less common to be infected by COVID-19. Besides, their mortality rate is almost zero. Case Presentation In this article, we investigated six childr...

Nutrition during COVID-19

In December 2019, a new strain of the corona virus, as a subset of coronaviruses was identified for the first time in Wuhan, China. Symptoms included fever, cough, and muscle aches that are very similar to the seasonal flu.