We perform the first empirical study of the impact of temporary trade protection on firm investment in R&D. Using a firm-level panel of the beneficiaries of safeguard protection between 1975 and 2005, we find support for predictions from the theoretical literature that temporary tariffs...

This article explores the change in the level of competition in rural banking markets after the deregulation that occurred following passage of the Riegle-Neal Act of 1994. Using an empirical model that utilizes both the number of banks and the value of deposits in a cross-section of 278 rural...

Over the past decade, the worldwide use of antidumping has become very widespread—41 WTO-member countries initiated antidumping cases over the 1995–2003 period. From another perspective, U.S. exporters were subjected to 139 antidumping cases during this period, by enforcement agencies...