Impact of COVID-19 on Asian Economies and Policy Responses

Edited by Sumit Agarwal, Zhiguo He () and Bernard Yeung

in World Scientific Books from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: On March 12th 2020, World Health Organization (WHO) declared the spreading of the new virus, 2019-nCoV, a pandemic. In Asia, the virus, more commonly referred to as COVID-19, has been spreading since the end of December. To contain the public health threat, almost all countries enforced a variety of measures, including lockdowns, to minimize face-to-face human interactions between the infected and the susceptible.

Keywords: COVID-19; Pandemic; Coronavirus; Lockdowns; Supply Shock; Demand Shock; Financial Distress; Global Value Chain; Global Supply Chains; Public Policy; International Trade; Debt; Post-COVID-19; Liquidity Crisis; International Trade; Policy Response; Policy Uncertainty; Public Health; Big Data; Pandemic Dilemma (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F02 F4 H12 I15 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
ISBN: 9789811229374
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Economic Effects of Lockdown in China , pp 3-10

Qin Chen, Zhiguo He, Chang-Tai Hsieh and Zheng (Michael) Song

Ch 2 A First Look at China’s Consumption After Coronavirus , pp 11-15

Wenlan Qian

Ch 3 Public Policy Tools to Address the COVID-19 Pandemic: Health Versus Economy , pp 17-18

Hanming Fang

Ch 4 Saving Lives Versus Saving Livelihoods: Can Big Data Technology Solve the Pandemic Dilemma? , pp 19-24

Kairong Xiao

Ch 5 Mitigating COVID-19 Risks to Sustain Growth , pp 25-32

Harrison Hong, Neng Wang and Jinqiang Yang

Ch 6 Pandemic and Panic: Government as the Supplier of Last Resort , pp 33-43

Yi Huang, Chen Lin, Pengfei Wang and Zhiwei Xu

Ch 7 Six Lessons for Public Health in the Fight Against COVID-19 , pp 47-49

Hanming Fang

Ch 8 Containing the Virus or Reviving the Economy? Survey from China Provides an Answer , pp 51-54

Keyang Li, Yu Qin, Jing Wu and Jubo Yan

Ch 9 Dealing With a Liquidity Crisis: Economic and Financial Policies in China During the Coronavirus Outbreak , pp 55-63

Zhiguo He and Bibo Liu

Ch 10 Policy Rx for the Economy: Cash or Credit? , pp 65-69

Deborah Lucas

Ch 11 The State as Insurer of Last Resort , pp 71-77

Joseph Cherian and Bernard Yeung

Ch 12 Singapore’s Policy Response to COVID-19 , pp 79-88

Danny Quah

Ch 13 Singapore’s Coordinated Battle Against the Pandemic , pp 89-95

Weina Zhang and Ruth Tan

Ch 14 Ten Keys in Beating Back COVID-19 and the Associated Economic Pandemic , pp 97-103

Shang-Jin Wei

Ch 15 Heuristics in Policymaking: It’s Time to Figure Out What Drives Policy Uncertainty , pp 105-112

Xiao Ji, Mengyu Wang and Hong Zhang

Ch 16 What Comes to Mind: Some Reflections on COVID-19 , pp 113-119

Yueran Ma

Ch 17 The COVID-19 Pandemic Exposes Asian Banks’ Vulnerability to US Dollar Funding , pp 123-130

Cyn-Young Park and Peter Rosenkranz

Ch 18 The Impact of COVID-19 on Asia and the Future of Global Supply Chains , pp 131-139

Bert Hofman

Ch 19 International Trade Has Suffered a One-Two Punch: Can It Recover After COVID-19? , pp 141-145

Davin Chor

Ch 20 COVID-19 in the Global Production Network , pp 147-149

Ben Charoenwong

Ch 21 Post–COVID-19 Reconfiguration of the Global Value Chains and China , pp 151-156

Hanming Fang and Bernard Yeung

Ch 22 Post–COVID-19, How Will We Be Better? , pp 159-166

Danny Quah

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