To win the critical race between vaccines and mutations, the worldwide vaccination Covid-19 campaign must mobilise economies of scale. The...

The COVID-19 pandemic has made clear how important multilateral cooperation is in overcoming global challenges, such as this global health...

SARS-Cov-2, das die potenziell tödliche Krankheit Covid-19 auslösende Virus, scheint umso gefährlichere Mutationen zu bilden, je weiter es...

In a Kiel Focus article Michael Stolpe suggests to use patent buy-outs to vaccinate the world.

Severe shortages of health personnel provide a justification for the international community to support developing countries in their efforts...

The impacts of the “COVID-19 shock” on African economies are unfolding rapidly and can be expected to vary widely by country. The effects can...

This essay discusses the economic implications of the Covid-19 pandemic, paying particular attention to the international trade dimension of...

In early 2020, the disease Covid-19 caused a drastic lockdown of the Chinese economy. We use a quantitative trade model with input-output...

The Austrian ski resort of Ischgl is commonly claimed to be ground zero for the diffusion of the SARS-CoV-2 virus across Germany. Drawing on...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 145: The German Environment Agency (UBA) recently calculated the impact of a universal speed limit on Germany highways...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 121: The author supports the hypothesis that the current positive financial position of the German health insurance is...

This study examines structural differences in the subjective quality of health care in Germany using a newspaper survey. We find that there...

This paper reports the results from a statistical analysis of pharmaceutical price negotiations in Germany, where the pricing system was...

From an economic point of view, vaccine mandates are a negative incentive to get vaccinated. Positive incentives that induce unvaccinated...

The COVID-19 pandemic has profound impacts on agricultural households. We discuss how these impacts might affect the underlying drivers of...

Background: The association between burnout and patient safety has been analyzed in many studies for nurses, physicians, and residents....

Introduction: Increasing numbers of hospital emergency department (ED) visits pose a challenge to healthsystems in many countries. This paper...

Aim To estimate the cost-effectiveness of an intervention facilitating the early detection of adverse drug events through the means of health...

Competition in hospital services has been fostered in an increasing number of OECD countries with the goal that hospitals improve quality...

Studies on social and regional inequalities in access to health care often use spatial indicators such as physician density to measure access...