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Did Us Safeguard Protection on Steel Affect Market Power of European Steel Producers?
Vandenbussche, Hylke - 2006
This paper empirically investigates the effects of US safeguard protection on steel imports in 2002 on the mark-ups of …-product EU steel firms suffered relatively more from the protection than multi-product firms. Controlling for firm heterogeneity …, these results are robust to alternative specifications. Our evidence further suggests that US protection resulted in some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012732541
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A Close Look at the U.S. Steel Industry : Protective Tariffs and Their Effect on the Economies of East Asia
McGee, Robert W. - 2016
The U.S. steel industry has a long history of being protected, first when it was an infant industry in 1791 and later as it became a mature industry and needed breathing room to allow it to restructure so that it could compete against more efficient foreign producers. In recent years the steel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012980620
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Did Us Safeguard Protection on Steel Affect Market Power of European Steel Producers?
Vandenbussche, Hylke; Zarnic, Ziga - 2008
This paper empirically investigates the effects of US safeguard protection on steel imports in 2002 on the mark-ups of …-product EU steel firms suffered relatively more from the protection than multi-product firms. Controlling for firm heterogeneity …, these results are robust to alternative specifications. Our evidence further suggests that US protection resulted in some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014053544
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Trade Policy as Corporate Welfare : The Case of the U.S. Steel Industry
McGee, Robert W. - 2003
This paper begins with a discussion of what constitutes corporate welfare, then proceeds to apply the corporate welfare concept to the steel industry in the United States. A review is made of the various government supports that the steel industry has enjoyed since 1969. Studies have estimated...
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Learning by Doing, Export Subsidies, and Industry Growth : Japanese Steel in the 1950s and 60s
Ohashi, Hiroshi - 2022
The paper examines the Japanese steel industry to evaluate the role of export subsidy policies. Export subsidies can be instrumental in increasing an industry's cost competitiveness in the presence of learning by doing, a characteristic of production in the steel industry. Using a dynamic...
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The emergence of wage coordination in the Central Western European metal sector and its relationship to European economic policy
Glassner, Vera; Pusch, Toralf - 2010
In the European Monetary Union the transnational coordination of collective wage bargaining has acquired increased importance on the trade union agenda. The metal sector has been at the forefront of these developments. This paper addresses the issue of crossborder coordination of wage setting in...
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Case study of POSCO : analysis of its growth strategy and key success factors
I, Seung ju; Lee, Eun-hyung - 2009
POSCO has played a major role in Korea’s economic development by supplying domestic manufacturers with high-quality, low-cost steel products. Despite its initial disadvantage and lack of resources such as capital, technology, and raw materials, it has emerged as a world-class steel maker in a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003904178
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Long term trends in steel consumption
Döhrn, Roland; Krätschell, Karoline - 2013
Since the iron and steel sector contributes considerably to industrial CO2 emissions it is important to identify the underlying factors driving steel demand. Using a panel dataset this paper examines the interrelation of steel demand with GDP and its composition, in particular the investment...
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Energy efficiency and industrial output : the case of the iron and steel industry
Flues, Florens; Rübbelke, Dirk T. G.; Vögele, Stefan - 2013
The iron and steel industry is one of the most carbon emitting and energy consuming sectors in Europe. At the same time this sector is of high economic importance for the European Union. Therefore, while public environmental and energy policies target this sector, there is political concern that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010225378
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Energy efficiency and industrial output : the case of the iron and steel industry
Flues, Florens; Rübbelke, Dirk T. G.; Vögele, Stefan - 2013
The iron and steel industry is one of the most carbon emitting and energy consuming sectors in Europe. At the same time this sector is of high economic importance for the European Union. Therefore, while public environmental and energy policies target this sector, there is political concern that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010204039