Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/225554 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
CREMA Working Paper No. 2020-12
Publisher: 
Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Zürich
Abstract: 
This paper examines the effects of globalisation on the pace of governments implementing international travel restrictions during the recent coronavirus pandemic. We find that more globalised countries experienced a longer delay in implementing international travel restriction policies with respect to the date of the first confirmed COVID-19 case. We also find that informational (a subcomponent of social globalisation) and political globalisation have the strongest effects on the observed delays in implementing international travel restriction policies in more globalised countries. Lastly, we do not find evidence that more globalised countries are more likely to adopt a more restrictive international travel policy as the first response to the pandemic. These findings highlight the dynamic relationship between globalisation and protectionism when governments respond to significant global events such as a public health crisis.
Subjects: 
Coronavirus
SARS-CoV-2
Travel Restriction
Border Closure
Health Screening
Policy Analysis
JEL: 
F50
F60
F68
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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