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Covid-19, policy responses, and industrial productivity around the globe

Iyke, BN, Sharma, Susan and Gunadi, I 2021, Covid-19, policy responses, and industrial productivity around the globe, Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 365-382, doi: 10.21098/bemp.v24i3.1691.

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Title Covid-19, policy responses, and industrial productivity around the globe
Author(s) Iyke, BN
Sharma, SusanORCID iD for Sharma, Susan orcid.org/0000-0002-7297-1557
Gunadi, I
Journal name Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking
Volume number 24
Issue number 3
Start page 365
End page 382
Total pages 18
Publisher Bank Indonesia, Bank Indonesia, Economics & Statistics Department
Place of publication Jakarta, Indonesia
Publication date 2021
ISSN 1410-8046
2460-9196
Summary We examine whether the COVID-19-induced policy responses by countries moderated the negative impact of the pandemic on industrial productivity. Using a panel of the 50 most affected countries by the pandemic, we show that the policy responses do not only help reduce the spread of COVID-19, but they also moderate its negative impact on industrial productivity and help steer countries back to their growth paths. We demonstrate that, in the absence of the pandemic, some of the policy responses (i.e., lockdowns, travel restrictions, etc.) would have reduced productivity. We further demonstrate that our estimates are robust when considering alternative specifications of our productivity model. Our study provides strong support for evidence-based policies and emphasizes, consistent with theoretical arguments, that an optimal policy mix is fundamental to steering economies back to their steady productivity growth paths when facing negative shocks.
Language eng
DOI 10.21098/bemp.v24i3.1691
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Free to Read? Yes
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30160076

Document type: Journal Article
Collections: Faculty of Business and Law
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