Neuroeconomics of decision-making during COVID-19 pandemic

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic reveals the decision-making challenges faced by communities, governments, and international organizations, globally. Policymakers are much concerned about protecting the population from the deadly virus while lacking reliable information on the virus...

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Main Authors: Shahid Bashir, Ali Mir, Nouf Altwaijri, Mohammad Uzair, Amani Khalil, Rania Albesher, Roaa Khallaf, Saad Alshahrani, Turki Abualait
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-02-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023004590
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Summary:The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic reveals the decision-making challenges faced by communities, governments, and international organizations, globally. Policymakers are much concerned about protecting the population from the deadly virus while lacking reliable information on the virus and its spread mechanisms and the effectiveness of possible measures and their (direct and indirect) health and socioeconomic costs. This review aims to highlight the various balanced policy decision that would combine the best obtainable scientific evidence characteristically provided by expert opinions and modeling studies. This article's main goal is to summarize the main significant progress in the understanding of neuroeconomics of decision-making and discuss the anatomy of decision making in the light of COVID-19 pandemic.
ISSN:2405-8440