To freeze or not to freeze? Epidemic prevention and control in the DSGE model with agent-based epidemic component

Jagoda Kaszowska-Mojsa () and Przemyslaw Wlodarczyk ()
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Jagoda Kaszowska-Mojsa: Institute of Economics Polish Academy of Sciences
Przemyslaw Wlodarczyk: University of Lodz

No 3/2020, Lodz Economics Working Papers from University of Lodz, Faculty of Economics and Sociology

Abstract: The ongoing epidemic of COVID-19 raises numerous questions concerning the shape and range of state interventions, that are aimed at reduction of the number of infections and deaths. The lockdowns, which became the most popular response worldwide, are assessed as being an outdated and economically inefficient way to fight the disease. However, in the absence of efficient cures and vaccines they lack viable alternatives. In this paper we assess the economic consequences of epidemic prevention and control schemes that were introduced in order to respond to the COVID-19 outburst. The analyses report the results of epidemic simulations obtained with the agent-based modeling methods under different response schemes and use them in order to provide conditional forecasts of standard economic variables. The forecasts are obtained from the DSGE model with labour market component.

Keywords: COVID-19; agent-based modelling; dynamic stochastic general equilibrium models; scenario analyses (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C6 D5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-11-10
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