COVID-19, Public Procurement Regimes, and Trade Policy

This paper analyzes a prominent dimension of the initial policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic observed in many countries: the imposition of export restrictions and actions to facilitate imports. Weekly data on the use of trade policy instrument...

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Main Authors:	Hoekman, Bernard, Shingal, Anirudh, Eknath, Varun, Ereshchenko, Viktoriya
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	EXPORT CONTROLS TRADE POLICY TRADE FACILITATION TRADE AGREEMENTS PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT MEDICAL SUPPLY PANDEMIC RESPONSE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/370161610741846300/COVID-19-Public-Procurement-Regimes-and-Trade-Policy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35026

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spelling	okr-10986-350262022-09-20T00:10:21Z COVID-19, Public Procurement Regimes, and Trade Policy Hoekman, Bernard Shingal, Anirudh Eknath, Varun Ereshchenko, Viktoriya EXPORT CONTROLS TRADE POLICY TRADE FACILITATION TRADE AGREEMENTS PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT MEDICAL SUPPLY PANDEMIC RESPONSE This paper analyzes a prominent dimension of the initial policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic observed in many countries: the imposition of export restrictions and actions to facilitate imports. Weekly data on the use of trade policy instruments during the first seven months of the COVID-19 pandemic (January-July 2020) are used to assess the relationship between the use of trade policy instruments and attributes of pre-crisis public procurement regulation. Controlling for country size, government effectiveness and economic factors, the analysis finds that use of export restrictions targeting medical products is strongly positively correlated with the total number of steps and time required to complete procurement processes in the pre-crisis period. Membership in trade agreements encompassing public procurement disciplines is associated with actions to facilitate trade in medical products. These findings suggest that future empirical assessments of the drivers of trade policy during the pandemic should consider public procurement systems. 2021-01-21T15:33:21Z 2021-01-21T15:33:21Z 2021-01 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/370161610741846300/COVID-19-Public-Procurement-Regimes-and-Trade-Policy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35026 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9511 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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topic	EXPORT CONTROLS TRADE POLICY TRADE FACILITATION TRADE AGREEMENTS PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT MEDICAL SUPPLY PANDEMIC RESPONSE
spellingShingle	EXPORT CONTROLS TRADE POLICY TRADE FACILITATION TRADE AGREEMENTS PUBLIC PROCUREMENT CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT MEDICAL SUPPLY PANDEMIC RESPONSE Hoekman, Bernard Shingal, Anirudh Eknath, Varun Ereshchenko, Viktoriya COVID-19, Public Procurement Regimes, and Trade Policy
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description	This paper analyzes a prominent dimension of the initial policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic observed in many countries: the imposition of export restrictions and actions to facilitate imports. Weekly data on the use of trade policy instruments during the first seven months of the COVID-19 pandemic (January-July 2020) are used to assess the relationship between the use of trade policy instruments and attributes of pre-crisis public procurement regulation. Controlling for country size, government effectiveness and economic factors, the analysis finds that use of export restrictions targeting medical products is strongly positively correlated with the total number of steps and time required to complete procurement processes in the pre-crisis period. Membership in trade agreements encompassing public procurement disciplines is associated with actions to facilitate trade in medical products. These findings suggest that future empirical assessments of the drivers of trade policy during the pandemic should consider public procurement systems.
format	Working Paper
author	Hoekman, Bernard Shingal, Anirudh Eknath, Varun Ereshchenko, Viktoriya
author_facet	Hoekman, Bernard Shingal, Anirudh Eknath, Varun Ereshchenko, Viktoriya
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title	COVID-19, Public Procurement Regimes, and Trade Policy
title_short	COVID-19, Public Procurement Regimes, and Trade Policy
title_full	COVID-19, Public Procurement Regimes, and Trade Policy
title_fullStr	COVID-19, Public Procurement Regimes, and Trade Policy
title_full_unstemmed	COVID-19, Public Procurement Regimes, and Trade Policy
title_sort	covid-19, public procurement regimes, and trade policy
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/370161610741846300/COVID-19-Public-Procurement-Regimes-and-Trade-Policy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35026
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COVID-19, Public Procurement Regimes, and Trade Policy

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