The content of this briefing was also presented in a LinkedIn Live event on Tuesday, May 5th. Watch a video recording of the event.

Policy responses to the coronavirus pandemic vary across the United States. Just last week, several states began to reopen many nonessential businesses. This briefing will present a new PWBM analysis of reopening state economies. Participants will see an interdisciplinary approach to policy modeling and will leave with a better understanding of the economic and epidemiological tradeoffs policymakers face.

This briefing is an elective lesson in PWBM’s new Certificate for Policy Professionals, which is geared toward congressional staffers and other public policy professionals who work in the Washington, DC area. The program will train students in the economics of public policies and the process of how policies are made. After completing the program, certificate earners will be better prepared to understand and articulate the economic trade-offs of legislation. Please visit our certificate page to learn more and apply.

Presenters: Alex Arnon and John Ricco, PWBM Senior Analysts

Moderator: Professor Kent Smetters, PWBM Faculty Director, the Boettner Chair Professor in the Wharton School’s Business Economics and Public Policy Department, a professor of insurance and risk management, and research associate at the NBER

Please contact us at budgetmodel@wharton.upenn.edu if you have any questions about the event.