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The Vulnerability Effect that Wasn't: Trade Dependence and Entry Bans on China at the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
- Source :
- Asian Survey; Jul/Aug2022, Vol. 62 Issue 4, p721-750, 30p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- In response to the outbreak of a new viral infection in the early weeks of 2020, some countries imposed strict entry restrictions on visitors from China, while others opted for less stringent measures. Among the explanations for such variation, this study is focused on the argument that a country's economic dependence on China, particularly via trade, affected its decision. This economic vulnerability argument posits that countries highly dependent on China for trade avoided imposing a ban because it might have caused (1) primary economic losses from trade disruptions and (2) secondary economic losses from Chinese sanctions. I empirically test this argument using an original data set on entry restrictions on China. The findings do not support such a hypothesis. Using the nonconforming cases of Japan and South Korea, I speculate that country-specific factors, which tend to be idiosyncratic and political, may have played a role. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- COVID-19 pandemic
INTERNATIONAL sanctions
VIRUS diseases
DATA entry
CHINESE people
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00044687
- Volume :
- 62
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Asian Survey
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 159154072
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1525/as.2022.1711062