Iikka Korhonen Comment on Comparing COVID-19 Control in the Asia-Pacific and North Atlantic Regions

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April 24 2021 Iikka Korhonen Comment on Comparing COVID-19 Control in the Asia-Pacific and North Atlantic Regions Author and Article Information Online ISSN: 1536-0083 Print ISSN: 1535-3516 © 2021 by the Asian Economic Panel and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology2021American Society of Health Economists and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Asian Economic Papers (2021) 20 (1): 60–63. https://doi.org/10.1162/asep_a_00812 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Iikka Korhonen Comment on Comparing COVID-19 Control in the Asia-Pacific and North Atlantic Regions. Asian Economic Papers 2021; 20 (1): 60–63. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/asep_a_00812 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsAsian Economic Papers Search Advanced Search Iikka Korhonen, Bank of Finland: It is a great pleasure to comment on this exciting research paper on the determinants of the spread (the standard reproduction rate) and effects (deaths per million) of the COVID-19 virus in a large cross-section of countries as well as over time (from mid-March to mid-June 2020). My comments should obviously be read with the passage of time in mind. I am writing this in mid August, two months after, the end of the data sample used in the paper. The events, the pandemic, and also research related to COVID-19—whether economic or medical—are surging ahead by leaps and bounds practically every day. Therefore, I can offer comments also because I have access to data and research that could not be available to the author. For example, the situation in Hong Kong seems to be now much more precarious than it was in June. (And, when... You do not currently have access to this content.