Rational policymaking during a pandemic

Loïc Berger, Nicolas Berger (nicolas.berger@lshtm.ac.uk), Valentina Bosetti, Itzhak Gilboa, Lars Hansen, Christopher Jarvis (christopher.jarvis@lshtm.ac.uk), Massimo Marinacci and Richard D. Smith (rich.smith@exeter.ac.uk)
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Nicolas Berger: Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, WC1H 9SH, London, UK; Sciensano (Belgian Scientific Institute of Public Health), 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Christopher Jarvis: Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, WC1E 7HT, London, UK
Richard D. Smith: Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, WC1H 9SH, London, UK; College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter, Exeter, EX1 2LU, UK

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Abstract: Policymaking during a pandemic can be extremely challenging. As COVID-19 is a new disease and its global impacts are unprecedented, decisions are taken in a highly uncertain, complex, and rapidly changing environment. In such a context, in which human lives and the economy are at stake, we argue that using ideas and constructs from modern decision theory, even informally, will make policymaking a more responsible and transparent process.

Keywords: model uncertainty; ambiguity; robustness; decision rules (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D81 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2020-11
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