COVID ECONOMICS VETTED AND REAL-TIME PAPERS ISSUE 20 20 MAY 2020 REAL-TIME EVIDENCE OF THE PLUNGE INTO RECESSION Olivier Coibion, Yuriy Gorodnichenko AMBIGUITY AVERSION AND and Michael Weber DISTORTED BELIEFS RELIGIOSITY Giulia Piccillo and Job Van Den Hurk Jeanet Sinding Bentzen LABOUR SHOCKS: DEMAND OR MENTAL HEALTH SUPPLY? Annie Tubadji, Frédéric Boy Pedro Brinca, Joao B. Duarte and Don J. Webber and Miguel Faria-e-Castro Covid Economics Vetted and Real-Time Papers Covid Economics, Vetted and Real-Time Papers, from CEPR, brings together formal investigations on the economic issues emanating from the Covid outbreak, based on explicit theory and/or empirical evidence, to improve the knowledge base. Founder: Beatrice Weder di Mauro, President of CEPR Editor: Charles Wyplosz, Graduate Institute Geneva and CEPR Contact: Submissions should be made at https://portal.cepr.org/call-papers- covid-economics. Other queries should be sent to
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