The COVID‐19 pandemic has created widespread harm and disruption. Countries have implemented unprecedented measures to protect the lives and livelihoods of their inhabitants. The scope and composition of these responses are shaped, in part, by research and analysis about the estimated economic impacts of the COVID‐19 Pandemic and proposed responses to it. This analysis outlines basic features and principles involved in economic studies, specifically economic impact studies and economic evaluations, which have formed a significant part of the ever‐increasing evidence base about COVID‐19. This analysis introduces economic studies in this context, highlighting what they can do, their limitations, and key steps involved in conducting them. It highlights examples of economic analysis focused on COVID‐19 and on health emergencies and disasters more broadly. Knowing how economic studies are conducted, and their limitations, will help introduce how their findings can be a useful, usable, and used part of efforts to tackle this global health crisis.

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经济研究，突发卫生事件和COVID-19简介。

COVID-19大流行造成了广泛的危害和破坏。各国采取了前所未有的措施来保护其居民的生命和生计。这些应对措施的范围和组成部分是由对COVID-19大流行的估计经济影响以及对之提出的应对措施的研究和分析所决定的。此分析概述了经济研究（尤其是经济影响研究和经济评估）所涉及的基本特征和原理，这些已成为有关COVID-19的证据基础不断增加的重要组成部分。该分析在这种背景下介绍了经济研究，突出了它们可以做什么，其局限性以及进行这些研究所涉及的关键步骤。它重点介绍了针对COVID-19以及更广泛地针对突发卫生事件和灾难的经济分析示例。了解如何进行经济研究及其局限性，将有助于介绍其研究结果如何成为解决这一全球健康危机的努力的有用，有用和使用的一部分。