The economic implications of a network SIR-Macro model of epidemics

Keven R.A. André, Marcelo Arbex and Márcio Corrêa

Economics Letters, 2023, vol. 225, issue C

Abstract: We embed social networks in a conventional SIR-Macro framework. The network effect amplifies the negative effects of an epidemic. Greater connectedness at work has stronger recessionary effects. The network average degree can be interpreted as policies such as social distancing.

Keywords: Pandemic; Epidemiological model; Networks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D85 I10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111047

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