Tepper Economist Among Experts Assessing When to Re-Open PA

Laurence Ales, Associate Professor of Economics

A CMU dashboard helps inform state decision-makers during the pandemic. The model will compile data to better understand areas' public health, economic status.

Expected Health Effects of Reduced Air Pollution from COVID-19 Social Distancing

Nick Muller, Lester and Judith Lave Professor of Economics, Engineering, and Public Policy

This paper examines the impact that these actions had on emissions and expected health effects through reduced personal vehicle travel and electricity consumption. 

Impact of COVID-19 on Manufacturing and Supply Networks — The Case for AI-Inspired Digital Transformation

Sridhar Tayur, Ford Distinguished Research Chair; University Professor of Operations Management

In this article, we make the case that digital technology and AI can mitigate the adversities and strengthen the resiliency and preparedness of manufacturing and supply networks in the future.  

Social and Economic Distancing

Selman Erol, Assistant Professor of Economics

In this paper we model how individuals react to social distancing guidelines by changing their network of economic relations, affecting total output, wealth inequality, and long-term growth.

How Firms Can Use Behavioral Science to Help Consumers During the COVID-19 Crisis

Jeff Galak, Associate Professor of Marketing

We offer a behavioral science perspective and corresponding recommendations on how firms can better respond to consumers in contexts marked by uncertainty, isolation, and excess information. 

HEC Paris: A Tale of Two Crises: COVID-19 (2020) and the Mortgage Meltdown (2008)

Chester S. Spatt, Pamela R. and Kenneth B. Dunn Professor of Finance

Self-contained Negative Pressure Respiratory Apparatus

William Kaigler, Assistant Teaching Professor of Entrepreneurship

As seen in our neighboring nations, the potential of the catastrophic collapse of health care resources is a major risk. In efforts to mitigate these concerns, we must continue to be innovative. The self-contained negative pressure apparatus that we have created is a first step in doing just that.

Equitable Preposition and Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources

John Hooker, T. Jerome Holleran Professor of Business Ethics and Social Responsibility; University Professor of Operations Research, Emeritus

This work is based partly on my research with H. P. Williams of London School of Economics on balancing equity and efficiency. It was inspired by resource allocation dilemmas in the UK’s National Health Service. 

Medical and Economic Contagion, Interconnectedness and Network Theory

Chester S. Spatt, Pamela R. and Kenneth B. Dunn Professor of Finance; Burton Hollifield, PNC Professor of Finance; Professor of Financial Economics; Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs

Vaccination Intervention Strategies for Pandemics

Benjamin Moseley, Carnegie Bosch Associate Professor of Operations Research

This project will investigate vaccination strategies: who, where, and when to vaccinate in order to maximize public health under limited resources. The target is to discover novel strategies that are superior to those currently known in theory and experimentation.