Professor Giancarlo Corsetti's research entitled "Can Social Distancing Improve Trade Between Health And Economy?" has been featured by CNBC and University of Cambridge Research News.

This research questions the percieved social and economic costs of social distancing or lockdowns, by combining an epidemiological model, calibrated to capture the spread of the COVID-19 virus, with a multisector model, designed to capture key characteristics of the U.S. Input Output Tables.

Published on: Friday 1st May 2020

COVID-19

Global Economics

Social Distancing

Infectious Diseases

Theme: transmission