Using a gravity-like approach, we study how Covid-19 deaths and lockdown policies affected countries’ imports from China during 2020. We find that a country’s own Covid-19 deaths and lockdowns significantly reduced its imports from China, suggesting that the negative demand effects prevailed...

Using a gravity-like approach, we study how Covid-19 deaths and lockdown policies affected countries' imports from China during 2020. We find that a country's own Covid-19 deaths and lockdowns significantly reduced its imports from China, suggesting that the negative demand effects prevailed...

Natural disasters are well known to profoundly affect global economies, and they have received more and more discussions lately. However, it remains inconclusive how natural disasters would affect an economy in the long run. In this study, we empirically investigate the economic impacts of...

This paper empirically investigates the economic effects of environmental activities. To be specific, it investigates the interactive influence of firms’ environmental management and environmental innovation on their productivity. We consider both internal and external environmental management...