How COVID‐19 medical supply shortages led to extraordinary trade and industrial policy

CP Bown - Asian Economic Policy Review, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Early in the COVID‐19 pandemic, a global shortage of hospital gowns, gloves, surgical
masks, and respirators caused policymakers globally to panic. China increased imports and …

The COVID‐19 pandemic and the internationalization of production: A review of the literature

I Kersan‐Škabić - Development Policy Review, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Motivation The COVID‐19 pandemic has substantially altered the context for cross‐border
business. This is reflected in trade flows but the conditions for conducting dispersed …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of COVID-19 on trade flows: Measuring their impact through government policy responses

J Barbero, JJ de Lucio, E Rodríguez-Crespo - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
This paper examines the impact of COVID-19 on bilateral trade flows using a state-of-the-art
gravity model of trade. Using the monthly trade data of 68 countries exporting across 222 …

Has global agricultural trade been resilient under coronavirus (COVID-19)? Findings from an econometric assessment of 2020

S Arita, J Grant, S Sydow, J Beckman - Food Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Global agricultural trade, which increased at the end of 2020, has been described as
“resilient” to the impacts of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic; however, the size and …

The return of industrial policy in data

S Evenett, A Jakubik, F Martín, M Ruta - The World Economy, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This paper introduces the New Industrial Policy Observatory (NIPO) data set and documents
emergent patterns of policy intervention during 2023 associated with the return of industrial …

International firms and COVID-19: Evidence from a global survey

F Borino, E Carlson, V Rollo, O Solleder - Review of World Economics, 2024 - Springer
This paper explores how the international exposure of companies influenced their strategies
in responding to the COVID-19 crisis, and the extent to which they were affected. Our …

The Covid-19 Vaccine Production Club: Will Value Chains Temper Nationalism?

SJ Evenett, B Hoekman, N Rocha… - Robert Schuman Centre …, 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
In the first two months of 2021, the production of COVID-19 vaccines has suffered setbacks
delaying the implementation of national inoculation strategies. These delays have revealed …

COVID‐19, public procurement regimes and trade policy

B Hoekman, A Shingal, V Eknath… - The World …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This paper analyses a prominent dimension of the initial policy response to the COVID‐19
pandemic observed in many countries: the imposition of export restrictions and actions to …

The impact of COVID‐19 trade measures on agricultural and food trade

S Ahn, S Steinbach - Applied Economic Perspectives and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This paper assesses the determinants of temporary non‐tariff measures (NTMs) in response
to COVID‐19 and their implications for the agricultural and food trade. Using a control …

Who sends me face masks? Evidence for the impacts of COVID‐19 on international trade in medical goods

K Hayakawa, K Imai - The World Economy, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This study empirically investigates what kinds of countries imported and exported medical
products during the COVID‐19 pandemic. We examine the bilateral trade values of medical …