Using mobility measures to explain short-run economic performance during COVID’s first wave

People’s mobility behavior and self-correcting economic forces are shown to be key variables in explaining the observed contraction and recovery of the Bolivian economy during Covid’s first wave. ARMAX models are used to explain the growth rate of the monthly index of economic activity in terms of c...

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Autores:
Barja, Gover
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Fecha de publicación:
2021
Institución:
Universidad EAFIT
Repositorio:
Repositorio EAFIT
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repository.eafit.edu.co:10784/33388
Acceso en línea:
https://hdl.handle.net/10784/33388
Palabra clave:
ARMAX models
Google mobility
COVID-19 policies
Economic activity
Bolivia
Modelos ARMAX
Google movilidad
Políticas COVID-19
Bolivia
Actividad económica
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Copyright © 2021 Gover Barja
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Summary:People’s mobility behavior and self-correcting economic forces are shown to be key variables in explaining the observed contraction and recovery of the Bolivian economy during Covid’s first wave. ARMAX models are used to explain the growth rate of the monthly index of economic activity in terms of changes in the rate of mobility measures produced by Google, which are argued to capture the complex interactive dynamics of Covid epidemiology, Covid policy and people’s own decisions to minimize health risks, however generating a trade-off with inevitable economic sacrifice, thus affecting aggregate economic activity.