Import supply has received insufficient attention in previous empirical studies of trade behavior. This study proposes an alternative way of estimating import supply and demand functions. Using 2SLS and disaggregated panel data more information from the supply side of international trade is...

We develop a model to estimate simultaneously import shares, export shares, outward foreign direct investment and domestic profits for a large sample of U.S. manufacturing industries. In our model, trade barriers alter the ability of domestic market structure to influence domestic performance....