ECON 415 - Seminar: The Economics of Pandemics

FC SSCI QFR WADV

4 credits
This seminar examines how pandemics, epidemics, and outbreaks of infectious disease affect the economy and economic behavior. We will cover how individuals respond to non-pharmaceutical interventions, such as lockdowns, quarantines, and mask mandates, as well as to vaccination policies and the effects of infectious diseases on productivity and human capital. Although much of the course will focus on COVID-19, we also discuss several pandemics and epidemics in American history, including smallpox, yellow fever, cholera, typhoid fever, influenza, measles, and HIV.

Prerequisites: ECON 255.