Effects of COVID-19 on trade flows: Measuring their impact through government policy responses

Javier Barbero, Juan de Lucio and Ernesto Rodriguez-Crespo

PLOS ONE, 2021, vol. 16, issue 10, 1-20

Abstract: This paper examines the impact of COVID-19 on bilateral trade flows using a state-of-the-art gravity model of trade. Using the monthly trade data of 68 countries exporting across 222 destinations between January 2019 and October 2020, our results are threefold. First, we find a greater negative impact of COVID-19 on bilateral trade for those countries that were members of regional trade agreements before the pandemic. Second, we find that the impact of COVID-19 is negative and significant when we consider indicators related to governmental actions. Finally, this negative effect is more intense when exporter and importer country share identical income levels. In the latter case, the highest negative impact is found for exports between high-income countries.

Date: 2021
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