For more than a decade, the United States and Canada have been engaged in a rancorous dispute over trade in softwood … industry has sought to have countervailing duties imposed upon Canadian lumber imports. The U.S. interests argue that Canada …

This paper provides estimates of the trade impacts of U.S. antidumping law and the determinants of suit filing activity … from 1980-1985. We study three possible channels through which the threat or mere possibility of antidumping duties can … antidumping law. We refer to these three non- duty effects as the investigation effect, the suspension effect, and the withdrawal …

attendance for recent high school cohorts in both the U.S. and Canada using data from the 1997 Cohort of the National … income in Canada relative to the U.S., even after controlling for family background, adolescent cognitive achievement, and … generous to low-income youth than are Canadian policies. By contrast, Canada offers more generous aid to middle-class youth …

potential strategy to address iron deficiency anemia in rural areas: double fortified salt (DFS) - salt fortified with iron and …

common in the developed world until the introduction of iodized salt in the 1920s, is connected to low iodine levels in the … soil and water. We examine the impact of salt iodization on cognitive outcomes in the US by taking advantage of this … natural geographic variation. Salt was iodized over a very short period of time beginning in 1924. We use military data …

In 1924, The Morton Salt Company began nationwide distribution of iodine-fortified salt. Ac- cess to iodine, a key …

competition from non-local firms. This study documents the presence of local protectionism and quantifies its impacts on market …