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Besedes, Tibor; Prusa, Thomas J. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

We investigate the extent to which antidumping actions eliminate trade altogether. Using quarterly export data for products involved in U.S. antidumping cases we find that antidumping actions increase the hazard rate by more than fifty percent. We find strong evidence of investigation effects...

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Industrial Policy and Downstream Export Performance

Blonigen, Bruce A. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

Industrial policies (IPs) include such varying practices as production subsidies, export subsidies, and import protection, and are commonly used by countries to promote targeted sectors. However, such policies can have significant impacts on sectors other than those targeted by the IPs,...

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Tariff Incidence: Evidence from U.S. Sugar Duties, 1890-1930

Irwin, Douglas A. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

Direct empirical evidence on whether domestic consumers or foreign exporters bear the burden of a country's import duties is scarce. This paper examines the incidence of U.S. sugar duties using a unique set of high-frequency (weekly, and sometimes daily) data on the landed and the duty-inclusive...

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Firm Heterogeneity and Costly Trade: A New Estimation Strategy and Policy Experiments

Kee, Hiau Looi; Krishna, Kala; Cherkashin, Ivan; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010

This paper builds a tractable partial equilibrium model in the spirit of Melitz (2003), which incorporates two dimensions of heterogeneity: firms specific productivity shocks and firm-market specific demand shocks. The structural parameters of interest are estimated using only cross-sectional...

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Trade, Inequality, and Poverty: What Do We Know? Evidence from Recent Trade Liberalization Episodes in Developing Countries

Goldberg, Pinelopi; Pavcnik, Nina - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2004

We review the empirical evidence on the relationship between Trade Liberalization, Inequality, and Poverty based on the analysis of micro data from several developing countries that underwent significant trade reforms in recent years. Despite many measurement and identification difficulties, and...

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The Uruguay Round and Welfare in Some Distorted Agricultural Economies

Anderson, James - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1997

There is widespread concern that the Uruguay Round may reduce the welfare of developing countries through its effect on world agricultural prices. Reduced agricultural price distortions among major supplying nations are predicted to increase basic food prices and decrease some important export...

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Why are Retail Prices in Japan so High?: Evidence from German Export Prices

Knetter, Michael M. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1994

It is well documented that retail prices in Japan are higher than in other countries for similar products. The two main …) relatively high distribution costs associated with getting goods to the point of final sale in Japan. The first of these … explanations implies that foreign exporters should charge higher prices on shipments to Japan than elsewhere, provided at least …

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The Political Economy of Unilateral Trade Liberalization: The Case of Chile

Edwards, Sebastian; Lederman, Daniel - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1998

Chile has become a model for reforming economies throughout the world. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the political and economic circumstances surrounding Chile's unilateral trade liberalization during five stages (covering the period 1974-1990s),each being characterized by different...

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Trade Growth under the African Growth and Opportunity Act

Frazer, Garth; Van Biesebroeck, Johannes - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007

difference-in-differences estimation, controlling for both country and product-level import surges at the time of onset. This … approach allows us to better address the "endogeneity of policy" critique of standard difference-in-differences estimation than …

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Trade and Industrial Policy Reform in Latin America

Edwards, Sebastian - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1994

This paper documents and evaluates the process of trade reforms in Latin America from the mid-1980s until 1993. It provides an analytical and historical discussion of the consequences of industrial policies in the region, from the early 1950s when import-substitution ideas were supported by the...

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