Expectations, Beliefs and Behaviors during the Pandemic

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Chair:
Tao Wang
, Johns Hopkins University

Biases in Information Selection and Processing: Survey Evidence from the Pandemic

Basit A. Khan Zafar
,
University of Michigan and NBER
Ester Faia
,
Goethe University-Frankfurt and CEPR
Andreas Fuster
,
EPFL, Swiss Finance Institute, and CEPR
Vincenzo Pezone
,
Goethe University-Frankfurt

Social Networks Shape Beliefs and Behavior: Evidence from Social Distancing During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Michael Bailey
,
Facebook
Drew M. Johnston
,
Harvard University
Martin Koenen
,
Harvard University
Theresa Kuchler
,
New York University, NBER, and CEPR
Johannes Stroebel
,
New York University, NBER, and CEPR
Dominic Russel
,
New York University

Information Resonance

Ulrike Malmendier
,
University of California-Berkeley
Laura Veldkamp
,
Columbia University

Learning from Friends in a Pandemic: Social Networks and the Macroeconomic Response of Consumption

Tao Wang
,
Johns Hopkins University
Christos Makridis
,
Arizona State University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Discussant(s)
Paola Sapienza
,
Northwestern University
Hunt Allcott
,
Microsoft Research
Thomas Graeber
,
Harvard Business School
Luigi Pistaferri
,
Stanford University