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How did the 2003 SARS epidemic shape Chinese trade?
Fernandes, Ana; Tang, Heiwai - 2020
This paper examines the impact of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic on China’s trade. Using …
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Give me your best shot! : diffusion of complete versus booster Covid-19 vaccines across US counties
Goel, Rajeev K.; Nelson, Michael A. - 2023
This paper compares drivers of full COVID-19 vaccinations and booster doses across U.S. counties. Booster doses are contingent upon someone receiving the primary doses, and the risk attitudes and propensities to get vaccinated may be different across individuals, along with the supply chain...
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Ending Covid-19 vaccine apartheid through vaccine donations : the influence of supply chains
Goel, Rajeev K.; Nelson, Michael A. - 2023
We study determinants of COVID-19 vaccine donations from recipients' perspective, especially considering supply chain and institutional weakness (corruption) aspects. Results, based on data from more than 131 nations, show that strengthened supply chains reduced donations. The impacts of...
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Surviving pandemics : the role of spillovers
Ayyagari, Meghana; Cheng, Yuxi; Weinberger, Ariel - 2022
What role do spillover effects play in firm resilience during crises? Using high-frequency data on over 7 million import transactions, we ask this question in the context of the large trade disruption faced by US importers in the months immediately following the initial COVID-19 shock. While US...
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Container trade and the U.S. recovery
Kilian, Lutz; Nomikos, Nikos K.; Zhou, Xiaoqing - 2021
Since the 1970s, exports and imports of manufactured goods have been the engine of international trade and much of that trade relies on container shipping. This paper introduces a new monthly index of the volume of container trade to and from North America. Incorporating this index into a...
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Globalization and outbreak of COVID-19 : an empirical analysis
Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Feizi, Mehdi; Fereidouni, … - 2020
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between globalization, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19 … countries with higher levels of socio-economic globalization are exposed more to COVID-19 outbreak. Nevertheless, globalization … cannot explain cross-country differences in COVID-19 confirmed deaths. The fatalities of coronavirus are mostly explained by …
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Decoupling global value chains
Eppinger, Peter S.; Felbermayr, Gabriel; Krebs, Oliver; … - 2021
Recent disruptions to global value chains (GVCs) have raised an important question: Can decoupling from GVCs increase a country’s welfare by reducing its exposure to foreign supply shocks? We use a quantitative trade model to simulate GVCs decoupling, defined as increased barriers to global...
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Tasks, occupations, and slowbalization : on the limits of fragmentation
Brakman, Steven; Marrewijk, Charles van - 2022
Following the trade collapse in 2009, Globalization has recovered but the growth rate slowed down compared to the … preceding period of Hyper Globalization. The persistence of this slowdown is remarkable. We argue that increased awareness of …, while remaining tractable. From an empirical point of view, the model explains both, the period of Hyper Globalization and …
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To comply or not to comply : understanding developing country supply chain responses to Russian sanctions
Li, Haishi; Li, Zhi; Park, Ziho; Wang, Yulin; Wu, Jing - 2024
How do firms in neutral developing countries adjust their supply chains in response to geopolitical and economic fragmentation? Do they comply with or circumvent Western sanctions on Russia? Using comprehensive transaction-level bill of lading data from major developing countries, we study these...
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Corporate Social Responsibility along the global value chain
Herkenhoff, Philipp; Krautheim, Sebastian; Semrau, Finn Ole - 2021
Firms are under increasing pressure to meet stakeholders’ demand for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) along their global value chains. We study the incentives for and investments in CSR at different stages of the production process. We analyze a model of sequential production with...
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