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The Economic Linkages of Covid-19 Across Sectors and Regions in the UK

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Professor Fidel Perez Sebastian

Project Description

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected different countries and regions differently both in the severity and the number of cases. This fact implies that different regions within countries may require different policies to effectively address the Covid-19 epidemic and minimize its socio-economic impact. To understand these asymmetries and help the design of more appropriate policies at the regional level, we plan to study the spatial dynamics of COVID-19 through the lens of an epidemiological model embedded in a quantitative multi-sector economic spatial framework that includes trade in intermediate goods and services. Our research focuses on the regions of the UK and the surrounding European nations. Our hypothesis is that economic links among locations work as vectors for the disease and are, therefore, another very important factor for its spread. Specific questions that we want to answer include the following: How does the infection spread over time and space as a result of economic interactions? What can be the socio-economic impacts of alternative policy responses to the pandemic? How is this impact affected by the industrial composition and supply-chain links of the regions? The findings of the project can, for example, help make more efficient the allocation across industries of the Local Growth Fund by the Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Network under the new conditions.

Project Acronym EconGeoCovid
Status Project Complete
Value £31,568.00
Project Dates Nov 1, 2020 - Dec 31, 2021
Partner Organisations No Partners