Sawyer, M orcid.org/0000-0002-4565-5276 (2021) Economic Policies and the Coronavirus Crisis in the UK. Taylor and Francis Group, 33 (3). pp. 414-431. ISSN 0953-8259
Abstract
The focus of this article is the economic policies pursued in the UK in response to the coronavirus pandemic in the first twelve months of that crisis (February 2020 to January 2021). The measures of lockdown, quarantine, limitations on travel and so on are discussed as relevant to economic policies. The timeline of the policy responses to coronavirus, the evolution of the infections, and of economic activity is briefly outlined. The main fiscal policy responses in terms of development of policy programmes and the evolving budget deficit are considered, as are the policies of the Bank of England. There is a brief discussion of the financing and funding of public expenditure, and of post-pandemic budgetary policies. The failures of public procurement policies during the pandemic are reviewed, particularly in relation to the interface between public and private sectors. This is followed by consideration of aspects of inequalities and the coronavirus pandemic.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. |
Keywords: | Coronavirus pandemic; fiscal policies; public procurement; inequalities |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Economics Division (LUBS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 21 Oct 2022 12:55 |
Last Modified: | 21 Oct 2022 12:55 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Informa UK Limited |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/09538259.2021.1897254 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:192294 |
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