Blacking out

Yvan Lengwiler

Working papers from Faculty of Business and Economics - University of Basel

Abstract: The partial shutdown of the economy following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the lack of measurements of economic activity that are available with a short lag and at high frequency. The consumption of electricity is a candidate for such a proxy.

Keywords: COVID-19; electricity; seasonal adjustment; weather data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C50 E01 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-04-28
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