Shandre Mugan Thangavelu Comments on Impacts of Lockdown Policies on International Trade

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May 15 2021 Shandre Mugan Thangavelu Comments on Impacts of Lockdown Policies on International Trade Author and Article Information Online Issn: 1536-0083 Print Issn: 1535-3516 © 2021 by the Asian Economic Panel and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology2021American Society of Health Economists and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Asian Economic Papers (2021) 20 (2): 149–154. https://doi.org/10.1162/asep_a_00825 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Shandre Mugan Thangavelu Comments on Impacts of Lockdown Policies on International Trade. Asian Economic Papers 2021; 20 (2): 149–154. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/asep_a_00825 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsAsian Economic Papers Search Advanced Search Shandre Mugan Thangavelu, Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia, Sunway University and Institute for International Trade, University of Adelaide: This paper examines the impact of COVID-19 workplace closures and stay-at-home orders on international trade using a gravity model. The paper suggests that the stay-at-home orders will reduce trade by decreasing import demand, while workplace closures, which mandate the closure of all non-essential workplaces, will reduce export supplies. This paper uses monthly world trade data to investigate how the two types of lockdown policies affect trade flows. They find a negative effect of workplace closures on trade except for intra-Asian trade, but stay-at-home orders had no significant and robust effects on trade. Overall, this is an interesting paper using the latest COVID-19 data to examine the impacts on trade flows. However, there are several analytical and technical issues that the paper that should address. First, it is not clear if a... You do not currently have access to this content.