Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Fall 2020 Special Edition

Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Fall 2020 Special Edition

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The Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) is a semi-annual academic conference and journal that pairs rigorous research with real-time policy analysis to address urgent economic challenges of the day. Content of the Fall 2020 edition, including the conference page (where conference drafts, presentation slides, and recordings are posted) and final papers (along with discussion comments, appendixes, and replication files) can be found below.

Conference

Past Event

September 24

2020

U.S. Economy BPEA Fall 2020: COVID-19 and the Economy

Online only

Thursday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT

Papers

Woman sweets street in front of closed business.

Business & Workforce Business credit programs in the pandemic era

Samuel G. Hanson, Jeremy C. Stein, Adi Sunderam, Eric Zwick, Nellie Liang

September 23, 2020

Electronic traffic sign that reads "Statewide Order Stay Home"

Epidemiological and economic effects of lockdown

Alexander D. Arnon, John A. Ricco, Kent A. Smetters, Alessandra Fogli

September 23, 2020

Picture of the planet Earth wearing a surgical mask.

Global Economy & Development Macroeconomic outcomes and COVID-19: A progress report

Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Charles I. Jones, Andrew Atkeson

September 23, 2020

Man wearing a surgical mask carries a box of desk materials down a flight of stairs.

U.S. Economy Temporary unemployment and labor market dynamics during the COVID-19 recession

Jessica Gallant, Kory Kroft, Fabian Lange, Matthew J. Notowidigdo, Gabriel Chodorow-Reich

September 23, 2020

Piggy Bank with a surgical mask on.

U.S. Economy Fiscal effects of COVID-19

Alan J. Auerbach, William G. Gale, Byron Lutz, Louise Sheiner, Douglas Holtz-Eakin

September 23, 2020

A pile of dollars, yen, and euro.

U.S. Economy Will the secular decline in exchange rate and inflation volatility survive COVID-19?

Ethan Ilzetzki, Carmen Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff, Silvia Miranda-Agrippino

September 23, 2020

Juana's Latin Sports Bar & Grill employee seen hanging the open sign for re-opens for indoor dining on May 18, 2020 in Miramar, Florida. The six year old family own restaurant with 30 plus employee re-opened approximately two months after shutting it's doors due to the coronavirus pandemic and lost over $300,000 of revenue during that time. Juana's Latin Sports Bar & Grill just received a PPP loan approval on May 6 and looking for most of they employee to come back to work. as Broward County starts the first phase of the states coronavirus pandemic re-opening plan, which includes openings with certain restrictions of businesses like barber shops, hair salon, restaurants and retail stores. (Photo by JL/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Business & Workforce Has the Paycheck Protection Program succeeded?

Glenn Hubbard, Michael R. Strain, Eric Zwick

September 23, 2020

A person walks by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., August 24, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

Business & Workforce Sizing up corporate restructuring in the COVID crisis

Robin Greenwood, Benjamin Iverson, David Thesmar, Edith Hotchkiss

September 23, 2020