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COVID-19, public procurement regimes and trade policy
The World Economy ( IF 2.000 ) Pub Date : 2021-02-17 , DOI: 10.1111/twec.13118
Bernard Hoekman 1, 2 , Anirudh Shingal 1, 3 , Varun Eknath 4 , Viktoriya Ereshchenko 4
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This paper analyses 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. Using weekly data on the use of trade policy instruments during the first seven months of the COVID-19 pandemic (January–July, 2020), we assess the relationship between the use of trade policy instruments and attributes of pre-crisis public procurement regulation. Controlling for country size, government effectiveness and economic factors, we find that use of export restrictions targeting medical products is strongly positively correlated with the total number of steps and average time required to complete procurement processes in the pre-crisis period. Membership of trade agreements encompassing public procurement disciplines is associated with actions to facilitate trade in medical products. These findings suggest future empirical assessments of the drivers of trade policy during the pandemic should consider public procurement systems.

中文翻译:

COVID-19、公共采购制度和贸易政策

本文分析了在许多国家观察到的对 COVID-19 大流行的初步政策反应的一个突出方面:实施出口限制和促进进口的行动。我们使用 COVID-19 大流行前七个月(2020 年 1 月至 7 月)期间贸易政策工具使用情况的每周数据,评估贸易政策工具的使用与危机前公共采购监管属性之间的关系。在控制国家规模、政府效率和经济因素的情况下,我们发现针对医疗产品的出口限制的使用与危机前时期完成采购流程所需的步骤总数和平均时间密切相关。包含公共采购纪律的贸易协定的成员资格与促进医疗产品贸易的行动有关。这些发现表明,未来对大流行期间贸易政策驱动因素的实证评估应考虑公共采购系统。
更新日期:2021-02-17
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