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On the Impact of COVID-19-Related Uncertainty

Marta Castellini    Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italia; Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Milano, Italia    

Michael Donadelli    Università degli Studi di Brescia, Italia    

Ivan Gufler    Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia    

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abstract

COVID-19 has generated a substantial increase in the level of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) around the World. Recent empirical investigations suggest that the COVID-19 has played a key role in amplifying the overall level of political uncertainty. In Italy, where anti-COVID-19 measures were implemented with some delay and were badly communicated, EPU rose dramatically. We examine the implications of rising COVID-19-related uncertainty for company revenues, gross operating margin and employment in 16 different Italian sectors. Our findings indicate construction, education, manufacturing activities and hospitality as the most hit sectors, with an average short-term drop in company revenues of around 4% in annual terms and a recovery time of almost two years. Thus, COVID-19-related uncertainty is found to be a significant business cycle driver.

Pubblicato
31 Luglio 2020
Accettato
30 Giugno 2020
Presentato
03 Giugno 2020
Lingua
EN
ISBN (EBOOK)
978-88-6969-442-4

Keywords: EmploymentRevenuesNon-macro-related uncertaintyCOVID-19Political uncertaintyAmbiguity

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