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Lars Jonung. Photo.

Lars Jonung

Professor emeritus

Lars Jonung. Photo.

Rejoinder

Author

  • Fredrik N G Andersson
  • Lars Jonung

Summary, in English

The response by David Goldsmith to our recently published Economic Affairs article (Andersson & Jonung, 2024) is puzzling. Most prominently, Goldsmith stresses that the correlation between the stringency of lockdowns and excess death rates is close to zero. This is exactly the main point in our article.

Department/s

  • Department of Economics

Publishing year

2024-06

Language

English

Pages

376-377

Publication/Series

Economic Affairs

Volume

44

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article (comment)

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Topic

  • Economics

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1468-0270