Based on their ongoing research, Vasco Carvalho, Matt Elliott and John Spray propose new methods to help policymakers locate key bottleneck firms---those firms that are essential for ensuring the production of crucial goods and services in times of pandemics.
A Note on "Supply Chain Bottlenecks in a Pandemic"
Sildes on "Supply Chain Bottlenecks in a Pandemic"
Figure 1: Example of supply chain with two bottlenecks
About the authors
Professor Vasco Carvalho is the Professor of Macroeconomics and Director of the Cambridge-INET Institute in the Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge. His research is focused on Macroeconomics, Networks in Economics and Applied Econometrics.
Dr Matthew Elliott is University Reader at the Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge. His research expertise is in Networked Markets, Network Games, Bargaining, Cascades on Networks, Search, Matching.
John Spray is a PhD student at the Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge. His research interests are International Trade & Development, Production Networks.
