Implications of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Global Trade Networks

External Debt, Institutional Quality and Economic Growth

“…In this regard, understanding the impact of external debt on growth is important. In addition, we 4 A growing number of studies show the novel coronavirus outbreak made markets very volatile and disrupted global economic activity in various ways (see, e.g., Devpura and Narayan, 2020;Fu and Shen, 2020;Haroon and Rizvi, 2020;Iyke, 2020a,b;Mishra et al, 2020;Narayan, 2020;Phan and Narayan, 2020;Salisu and Adediran, 2020;Salisu and and Akanni, 2020;Vidya and Prabheesh, 2020).…”

Economic Policy Uncertainty in Times of COVID-19 Pandemic

“…A growing body of literature demonstrates that the COVID-19 pandemic affected different facets of economies (Sha & Sharma, 2020). This literature can be distilled along several lines, including those showing that the pandemic impacted: corporate outcomes, such as liquidity and cashholdings (Fu & Shen, 2020); stock markets (Haroon & Rizvi, 2020;Salisu & Sikiru, 2020); oil markets (Devpura & Narayan, 2020;Iyke, 2020a;Narayan, 2020a;; foreign exchange markets (Iyke, 2020b;Narayan, 2020b); global trade and insurance markets (Vidya & Prabheesh, 2020;Wang et al, 2020); and global politics (Apergis & Apergis, 2020), among others.…”

Intervention and Improved Well-Being of Basic Science Researchers During the COVID 19 Era: A Case Study

“…A recent special issue on COVID-19 by "Taloy and Francis" describes the impact of this pandemic on, "Emerging markets finance and trade, " which ultimately causes stress in world economies and societies (Taylor and Francis, 2020). In addition to the impact on world economies, world trade has experienced a massive contraction as a result of a drastic reduction in trade connectivity and commercial activities among countries during COVID-19 outbreak (Vidya and Prabheesh, 2020). The trade forecast among the major trading countries further Shows a decline until December 2020.…”