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COVID-19 policy responses, inflation and spillover effects in the West African Economic and Monetary Union
African Development Review ( IF 2.766 ) Pub Date : 2021-05-05 , DOI: 10.1111/1467-8268.12527
Seydou Coulibaly 1
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This paper contributes to the emerging literature on the socioeconomic impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic by using a panel fixed effects model for estimating the impact of government policy responses to the pandemic and their spillover effects on the consumer price index for West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) countries over the period January 2019–July 2020. Across various robustness checks, the OLS and IV regressions provide three major pieces of evidence. First, the COVID-19 confirmed cases positively affect the consumer price index while the overall government policy responses index has a negative impact on the consumer price index. Second, we find that government accommodative policies to COVID-19 in other countries has a positive and statistically significant impact on the host country's consumer price index. Finally, the findings indicate that world food prices and oil prices positively affect the consumer price index. These results suggest that policymakers may consider intensifying the implementation of public policies in response to the pandemic for preserving the stability of prices when the sanitary situation of the COVID-19 deteriorates. While confirming that international prices are among the key drivers of inflation in WAEMU countries, our findings also reiterate the importance of regional cooperation and coordination for fighting the adverse socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

中文翻译:

西非经济和货币联盟的 COVID-19 政策反应、通货膨胀和溢出效应

本文通过使用面板固定效应模型来估计政府应对大流行的政策的影响及其对消费者价格指数的溢出效应,为关于 2019 年冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 大流行的社会经济影响的新兴文献做出贡献。 2019 年 1 月至 2020 年 7 月期间西非经济和货币联盟 (WAEMU) 国家。通过各种稳健性检验,OLS 和 IV 回归提供了三个主要证据。首先,COVID-19 确诊病例对消费者价格指数产生积极影响,而整体政府政策反应指数对消费者价格指数产生负面影响。其次,我们发现其他国家政府对 COVID-19 的宽松政策对东道国产生了积极且具有统计意义的影响 消费者物价指数。最后,调查结果表明,世界粮食价格和石油价格对消费者价格指数产生积极影响。这些结果表明,当 COVID-19 的卫生状况恶化时,政策制定者可能会考虑加强实施应对大流行的公共政策,以保持价格稳定。在确认国际价格是 WAEMU 国家通胀的主要驱动因素之一的同时,我们的研究结果还重申了区域合作与协调对于应对 COVID-19 大流行的不利社会经济影响的重要性。这些结果表明,当 COVID-19 的卫生状况恶化时,政策制定者可能会考虑加强实施应对大流行的公共政策,以保持价格稳定。在确认国际价格是 WAEMU 国家通胀的主要驱动因素之一的同时,我们的研究结果还重申了区域合作与协调对于应对 COVID-19 大流行的不利社会经济影响的重要性。这些结果表明,当 COVID-19 的卫生状况恶化时,政策制定者可能会考虑加强实施应对大流行的公共政策,以保持价格稳定。在确认国际价格是 WAEMU 国家通胀的主要驱动因素之一的同时,我们的研究结果还重申了区域合作与协调对于应对 COVID-19 大流行的不利社会经济影响的重要性。
更新日期:2021-06-07
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