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Contingent Protection as Better Insurance
Prusa, Thomas J.; Fischer, Ronald D. - 2021
We formalize the notion that GATT exceptions such as antidumping and escape clause actions can act as insurance for …
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Measuring Industry Specific Protection : Antidumping in the United States
Staiger, Robert W.; Wolak, Frank - 2022
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013322887
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Protection Reduction and Diversion : Ptas and the Incidence of Antidumping Disputes
Prusa, Thomas J. - 2010
We analyze whether preferential trade agreements (PTAs) affect the incidence and pattern of antidumping (AD) filings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139109
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When is it Optimal to Delegate : The Theory of Fast-Track Authority
Celik, Levent - 2012
With fast-track authority (FTA), the US Congress delegates trade-policy authority to the President by committing not to amend a trade agreement. We suggest an interpretation in which Congress uses FTA to forestall destructive competition between its members for protectionist rents. We show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013111298
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Endogenous Trade Protection and Exchange Rate Adjustment
Auray, Stéphane - 2019
This paper explores the relationship between exchange rate adjustment and trade policy in a simple New Keynesian open economy macro model. We show that movement in exchange rates have a direct implication for trade policy when governments choose tariffs endogenously. In particular, we show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012893578
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Innovation, Diffusion, and Trade
Eaton, Jonathan - 2012
We explore the determinants of research specialization across countries and its consequences for relative wages. Using a dynamic Ricardian model we examine the effects of faster international technology diffusion and lower trade barriers on the incentive to innovate. In the absence of any...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012755480
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Protection for Sale with Imperfect Rent Capturing
Facchini, Giovanni - 2012
Structurally estimating the Grossman and Helpman (1994) model using coverage ratios that include non-tariff barriers leads to biased parameter estimates. We develop a quot;protection for salequot; theoretical framework consistent with the data, by explicitly allowing for non-tariff barriers....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012755693
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A Quantile-Based Test of Protection for Sale Model
Imai, Susumu - 2010
This paper proposes a new test of the Protection for Sale (PFS) model by Grossman and Helpman (1994). Unlike existing methods in the literature, our approach does not require any data on political organizations. We formally show that the PFS model predicts that the quantile regression of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012759437
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Is Protection Really for Sale? A Survey and Directions for Future Research
Imai, Susumu - 2010
This paper critically and selectively surveys the literature on protection for sale and discusses directions for future research in this area. It suggests that the standard approach needs to be augmented to provide more compelling tests of this model
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012759438
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Democracy and Protectionism
O'Rourke, Kevin H. - 2010
political economy implications of trade theory hypothesis using data on democracy, factor endowments, and protection in the late …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012761555