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Trade policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis : evidence from a new data set

Evenett, Simon J.; Fiorini, Matteo; Fritz, Johannes; … - 2020

This paper presents new high-frequency data on trade policy changes targeting medical and food products since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, documenting how countries used trade policy instruments in response to the health crisis on a week-by-week basis. The data set reveals a rapid...

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Covid-19 and food protectionism : the impact of the pandemic and export restrictions on world food markets

Espitia, Alvaro; Rocha, Nadia; Ruta, Michele - 2020

This paper analyzes the impact of Covid-19 and uncooperative trade policies on world food markets. It quantifies the … percent on average. Escalating export restrictions would multiply the initial shock by a factor of 3, with world food prices …

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Determinants of social distancing and economic activity during COVID-19 : a global view

Maloney, William F.; Taskin, Temel - 2020

The paper uses Google mobility data to identify the determinants of social distancing during the 2020 COVID-19 outbreak. The findings for the United States indicate that much of the decrease in mobility is voluntary, driven by the number of COVID-19 cases and proxying for greater awareness of...

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Is protectionism on the rise? : assessing national trade policies during the crisis of 2008

Kee, Hiau Looi; Neagu, Cristina; Nicita, Alessandro - 2010

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COVID-19, public procurement regimes, and trade policy

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 instruments during the first seven months of the COVID-19...

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Increase in protectionism and its impact on Sri Lanka's performance in global markets

Kamiński, Bartłomiej; Ng, Francis - 2013

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Financing firms in hibernation during the COVID-19 pandemic

Didier, Tatiana; Huneeus, Federico; Larraín, Mauricio; … - 2020

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has halted economic activity worldwide, hurting firms and pushing them toward …

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Lives and livelihoods : estimates of the global mortality and poverty effects of the Covid-19 pandemic

Decerf, Benoit; Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Mahler, … - 2020

This paper evaluates the global welfare consequences of increases in mortality and poverty generated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Increases in mortality are measured in terms of the number of years of life lost (LY) to the pandemic. Additional years spent in poverty (PY) are conservatively...

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How to end The COVID-19 pandemic by March 2022

Agarwal, Ruchir; Reed, Tristan - 2021

How can the world reach herd immunity against COVID-19 before the second anniversary of the pandemic, or March 2022? A … this gap. There are additional challenges along the path to achieving world-wide herd immunity-including supply chain …

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COVID-19 mortality in rich and poor countries : a tale of two pandemics?

Schellekens, Philip; Sourrouille, Diego - 2020

applies not just to the vulnerable in the rich world; the vulnerable in the rest of the world are not more immune. Yet … inequality creates the impression that the world is subjected to two different pandemics in terms of their impact. This paper … yet to run its course through the age distributions of the world …

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