Hoekman, Bernard M.; Shingal, Anirudh; Eknath, Varun; … - 2021
This paper analyzes 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 facilitate imports. Weekly data on the use of trade policy … the use of trade policy instruments and attributes of pre-crisis public procurement regulation. Controlling for country …