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The Global Logistic Chain Under Siege in a Post-Covid Era

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  • Oxelheim, Lars

    (Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN))

  • Randøy, Trond

    (School of Business and Law)

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Based on historical analogies, we emphasize a connection between financial crises and technological shifts where the shift calls for a structural economic transformation. We discuss how political pressures related to this structural transformation pave the way for the return of a new form of Mercantilism. This time it is the competition for high-tech jobs that drives politicians to be more nationalistic. Our conclusion is that the race for jobs in a period of technology shift, coupled with experimental efforts by central banks, will lead to the need for a post-covid 19 reorganization of international companies’ global logistics chain. The current pandemic will act as a catalyst to this very transformation.

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  • Oxelheim, Lars & Randøy, Trond, 2021. "The Global Logistic Chain Under Siege in a Post-Covid Era," Working Paper Series 1404, Research Institute of Industrial Economics.
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    Keywords

    Global logistic chain; Post-Covid era; State aid; Technology shift; Job creation;
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    JEL classification:

    • E58 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Central Banks and Their Policies
    • F16 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Labor Market Interactions
    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
    • F34 - International Economics - - International Finance - - - International Lending and Debt Problems
    • G01 - Financial Economics - - General - - - Financial Crises

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