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Internationally active firms rely intensively on trade credits even though they are considered particularly expensive. This phenomenon has been little explored so far. Our theoretical analysis shows that trade credits can alleviate financial constraints arising from asymmetric information...
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This paper evaluates the global welfare impact of China's trade integration and technological change in a multi …-country quantitative Ricardian-Heckscher-Ohlin model. We simulate two alternative growth scenarios: a "balanced" one in which China …'s productivity grows at the same rate in each sector, and an "unbalanced" one in which China's comparative disadvantage sectors catch …
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This paper studies the trade of China in the past 150 years, starting from the first opening of China after the Opium … War. The main purpose of the paper is to identify what is (and was) China’s ‘normal’ level of foreign trade, and how these … levels changed under different trade regimes, from 1840 to the present. We present new evidence on China’s foreign trade …
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This paper analyses how European anti-dumping policy under imperfect competition affects firm behaviour and domestic … welfare. Our theoretical model is the first to complement the European empirical literature on anti-dumping policy (see … the effects of US anti-dumping policy (Reitzes (1993), Fischer (1992), Prusa (1994)). We use a two-period Cournot duopoly …
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In this paper we apply the Bresnahan-Lau (1982) model to test for market power in the European distribution of salmon. In this particular setting, the model also incorporates a test of whether dumping takes place over time. Utilising data at the import level, derived demand equations are...
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Anti-dumping policies are often justified as legitimate actions by governments in their efforts to protect domestic … producers from unfair foreign competition. We investigate the impact of anti-dumping rules on firms' production decisions as to … how much and where to produce. Anti-dumping measures may have unforeseen effects if they induce direct foreign investment …
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We examine the role of political factors in Mexico’s anti-dumping regime, considering both the characteristics of … target countries subject to anti-dumping duties and industry-specific factors for sectors receiving protection. Our results … anti-dumping, which is focused primarily on the experience of the US and the EU. Our results also suggest that WTO …
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The literature on antidumping (AD) has documented various aspects of this protectionist tool. However, a peculiar … adjust the dumping margin by changing their export price and ask the authority to amend the AD measures accordingly. The …
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sectors with relatively small reductions of MFN tariffs. China and, to a lesser extent, other developing countries are being …
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This paper studies the effects of EU antidumping policy when foreign firms have the possibility to 'jump' antidumping … administration's choice between an antidumping duty and a price-undertaking, taking into account the effect of these measures on the …. Antidumping jumping FDI will only occur if the EU administration has broader objectives than just protecting the profitability of …
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