Rational Policymaking during a Pandemic

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Berger, Loïc | Berger, Nicolas | Bosetti, Valentina | Gilboa, Itzhak | Hansen, Lars, | Jarvis, Christopher | Marinacci, Massimo | Smith, Richard,

Edité par HAL CCSD ; National Academy of Sciences

International audience. Policymaking during a pandemic can be extremely challenging. As COVID-19 is a new disease and its global impacts are unprecedented, decisions are taken in a highly uncertain, complex, and rapidly changing environment. In such a context, in which human lives and the economy are at stake, we argue that using ideas and constructs from modern decision theory, even informally, will make policymaking a more responsible and transparent process.

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