The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on international trade varies along several dimensions, including the type of … pandemic along another, previously unexplored dimension, the mode of transportation. Analyzing daily data from New Zealand, I … find that the value of seaborne exports and imports increases relative to shipments by air during pandemic lockdowns. While …

This paper studies how the Covid-19 pandemic and the extensive job retention support that accompanied it affected … around estimates, the findings suggest that (1) productivity-enhancing reallocation was weaker in the pandemic than in the …