Date/Time
Date(s) - Fri 4 June
12:30 - 13:30
Location
RH204, Level 2, Rutherford House, VUW
The School of Economics and Finance invites you to attend a seminar by Tom Coupé, Associate Professor – College of Business & Law, University of Canterbury
Abstract
In the period April-September 2020, Google showed several doodles on its home page, illustrating specific actions individuals could take to reduce the spread of Covid-19 (such as handwashing, staying home and wearing masks). Clicking on the doodle referred users to a web page with more tips on how to reduce the spread of Covid-19. Rather than showing its doodles in all countries, Google showed most of its Covid-19 related doodles in some selected countries only, and over time changed the set of countries in which the doodles were shown. In this paper, we analyze which countries were more likely to be ‘treated’ by the Google doodles and whether the Google Doodle that recommended people to ‘Stay Home: Save Lives’ affected people’s mobility.
About Tom Coupe
Tom Coupé is an Associate Professor at the University of Canterbury’s College of Business & Law. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy from the Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
His research interests covers a wide range of topics (recent topics include replications, job insecurity, the Eurovision Song Contest, trade policy preferences, football, terrorism, war and happiness). In his papers he typically analyzes interesting datasets using econometric methods.
Recent publications include:
Besuyen A., Coupé T. and Das KK. (2021) Effectiveness of foreign exchange interventions: evidence from New Zealand. New Zealand Economic Papers http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00779954.2020.1871063.
Coupé T. and Shepotylo O. (2021) POPULAR SUPPORT FOR TRADE AGREEMENTS AND PARTNER COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS: EVIDENCE FROM AN UNEXPECTED ELECTION OUTCOME. Economic Inquiry 59(1): 549-566. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12927.
Coupe T. and Smith T. (2021) The Mental Health Cost of Terrorism. A Replication Study of Kim and Albert Kim (Health Economics, 2018). International Journal for Re-Views in Empirical Economics 2021(1) 1 http://dx.doi.org/10.18718/81781.20.
Tea and coffee will be provided.