Did the great influenza of 1918-1920 trigger a reversal of the first era of globalization?

ABSTRACT: I revisit the 1918-20 pandemic and ask whether it led to a reversal in the rise of trade and financial globalization that preceded it. Using annual data for 17 countries for the 1870-1928 period, a variety of tests and techniques are used to draw some robust conclusions. Overall, the pandemic a century ago interrupted, but did not put an end, to the first globalization of the twentieth century. However, two blocs consisting of combatant and non-combatant countries, experienced significantly different consequences. Globalization was sharply curtailed for the combatant countries while there were few, if any, consequences for globalization in the non-combatant group of countries. That said, there was considerable resilience especially in trade openness among several of the combatant economies

SUBMITTER: Siklos PL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8782715 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature