Export Restrictions and COVID-19

Mamadou Thiam (), Jean-Claude Kouakou Brou () and Benur Varela
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Mamadou Thiam: TREE - Transitions Energétiques et Environnementales - UPPA - Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, PRISM Sorbonne - Pôle de recherche interdisciplinaire en sciences du management - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Jean-Claude Kouakou Brou: UPPA - Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour, UO - Université d'Orléans, TREE - Transitions Energétiques et Environnementales - UPPA - Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Benur Varela: TREE - Transitions Energétiques et Environnementales - UPPA - Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: As a result of COVID-19, the export of medical goods has been subject to various global restrictions. Consequently, several countries have increased the supply of medical goods to alleviate the effects of this health crisis. This study entails a theoretical and empirical analysis of the effects of such remedial measures. To this end, we have utilized a consistent conjectural variation in a three-country model entailing firms competing in two reciprocal markets in Cournot. When the restrictions are unilateral, the number of medical goods available in the exporting country tends to increase, culminating in better management of the pandemic. In contrast, bilateral restrictions typically reduce the total output of medical goods; therefore, they are inappropriate in a pandemic situation.

Keywords: conjectural variation; COVID-19; export restriction; spatial model; weight matrix (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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Published in Journal of Economic Integration, 2021, 36 (4), pp.519 - 548. ⟨10.11130/jei.2021.36.4.519⟩

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DOI: 10.11130/jei.2021.36.4.519

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