Mercatus call for short papers

Today, the Mercatus Center put out a call for policy briefs related to the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope to gather short, actionable analyses for decision makers in the public, civil society, and private sectors regarding both immediate response (what’s working or could be done immediately), as well as in the medium term (what do we need to be thinking about now so that we’re prepared in six to twelve months).

More information can be found here.

Papers will be published quickly (within 24 hours in most cases), and authors will receive a $1,000 honorarium.

The list of possible topics is advisory and by no means comprehensive; our goal is to assemble the smartest actionable analyses as quickly as possible.

Hedgehogs in particular: what do you know here that the foxes should hear?

Note that research need not directly relate to public policy, but also how the business sector and civil society can and should respond.