Globalization and disease: the case of SARS

Abstract

This paper is a revised version of a paper that was originally presented to the Asian Economic Panel meeting held in Tokyo, May 11-12, 2003 and the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) Finance forum, Hua Hin, Thailand, July 8-9, 2003. We have updated that original paper to include the last known case of SARS as well as adjusting the scale of some shocks given new information on the duration of the SARS outbreak. Show more