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Economists Panel: Germany after One Year of Coronavirus: Economists Take Stock of the Situation

Klaus Gründler, Justus Mänz, Niklas Potrafke, Fabian Ruthardt
ifo Institut, München, 2021

ifo Schnelldienst, 2021, 74, Nr. 03, 59-62

In the current Economists Panel, almost half of the participating economists express dissatisfaction with Germany’s current coronavirus economic policy. Only a good fifth are satisfied. A binding step-by-step plan for relaxation, the expansion of the testing strategy, and premium payments for additional vaccine supplies are viewed positively by the majority. A communitization of patents, on the other hand, is rejected by a majority.

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