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Social distancing laws cause only small losses of economic activity during the COVID-19 pandemic in Scandinavia by Sheridan, Adam, Andersen, Asger Lau, Hansen, Emil Toft, Johannesen, Niels

“…This paper uses real-time transaction data from a large bank in Scandinavia to estimate the effect of social distancing laws on consumer spending in the…”
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Consumer responses to the COVID‐19 crisis: evidence from bank account transaction data by Andersen, Asger Lau, Hansen, Emil Toft, Johannesen, Niels, Sheridan, Adam

“…In this paper, we use transaction‐level bank account data from Denmark to study the dynamics of consumer spending during the COVID‐19 pandemic. We document…”
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Monetary Policy and Inequality by ANDERSEN, ASGER LAU, JOHANNESEN, NIELS, JØRGENSEN, MIA, PEYDRÓ, JOSÉ‐LUIS

“…ABSTRACT We analyze the distributional effects of monetary policy on income, wealth, and consumption. We use administrative household‐level data covering the…”
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Irresponsible parties, responsible voters? Legislative gridlock and collective accountability by Andersen, Asger Lau, Lassen, David Dreyer, Nielsen, Lasse Holbøll Westh

“…Legislative gridlock is a failure of one of the key functions of government: to pass legislation. Can voters counter such political dysfunction? This paper…”
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Household debt and spending during the financial crisis: Evidence from Danish micro data by Andersen, Asger Lau, Duus, Charlotte, Jensen, Thais Lærkholm

“…We use data for nearly 500,000 Danish households to study the relationship between household leverage prior to the financial crisis of 2007–2009 and the…”
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Substantial transmission of SARS-CoV-2 through casual contact in retail stores: Evidence from matched administrative microdata on card payments and testing by Johannesen, Niels, Tang-Andersen Martinello, Alessandro, Meyer, Bjørn Bjørnsson, Vestergaard, Emil Toft, Andersen, Asger Lau, Jensen, Thais Lærkholm

“…This paper presents quasiexperimental evidence of Covid-19 transmission through casual contact between customers in retail stores. For a large sample of…”
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Exit polls and voter turnout by Andersen, Asger Lau, Jensen, Thomas

“…After the 2009 referendum on a proposed change to the Danish Law of Succession, it was widely claimed that the early publication of exit poll results changed…”
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The impact of late budgets on state government borrowing costs by Andersen, Asger Lau, Lassen, David Dreyer, Nielsen, Lasse Holbøll Westh

“…We analyze how a key component of fiscal governance, the ability of governments to pass a budget on time, affects government bond yield spreads. Based on a…”
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Late Budgets by Andersen, Asger Lau, Lassen, David Dreyer, Nielsen, Lasse Holbøll Westh

“…The budget forms the legal basis for government spending, and timely budgets, enacted before the new fiscal year, are an integral part of good governance. This…”
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Pandemic, Shutdown and Consumer Spending: Lessons from Scandinavian Policy Responses to COVID-19 by Andersen, Asger Lau, Hansen, Emil Toft, Johannesen, Niels, Sheridan, Adam

“…This paper uses transaction data from a large bank in Scandinavia to estimate the effect of social distancing laws on consumer spending in the COVID-19…”
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