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Welfare gains from increasing product variety are an important source of the gains from international trade. Recent … empirical studies have largely focused on measuring the gains from an increased variety of imports. Trade theory, however …, suggests that international trade heavily affects the variety of domestically produced goods as well. To overcome the typical …
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Findings from the literature suggest that previous estimates of the variety gains from trade are too small because of …
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China's rapid rise in the global economy following its 2001 World Trade Organization (WTO) entry has raised questions … benefits. We find that the China trade shock reduced the U.S. manufacturing price index by 7.6 percent between 2000 and 2006 … first, which has received much attention in the literature, is the United States granting permanent normal trade relations …
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0.7, while import price changes that can be traced back to exchange rate movements of other trade partners only have … mild effects on US prices. Further analysis points to the importance of trade integration, variable markups, and demand …
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This paper quantifies the effect of the government-controlled appreciation of the Chinese renminbi (RMB) vis-à-vis the USD from 2005 to 2008 on the prices charged by US producers. As the RMB during that time was pegged to a basket of currencies, the empirical strategy must account for the fact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281451
In times of increasing oil prices and a weak dollar, European companies that focus their business on the US market may find themselves in a weak position. While many businesses can hedge this kind of risk by relocating production to the US, or employing financial remedies, these strategies may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003796133
Welfare gains from increasing product variety are an important source of the gains from international trade. Recent … empirical studies have largely focused on measuring the gains from an increased variety of imports. Trade theory, however …, suggests that international trade heavily affects the variety of domestically produced goods as well. To overcome the typical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009008074
This paper quantifies the effect of the government-controlled appreciation of the Chinese renminbi (RMB) vis-à-vis the USD from 2005 to 2008 on the prices charged by US producers. As the RMB during that time was pegged to a basket of currencies, the empirical strategy must account for the fact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009511759
Findings from the literature suggest that previous estimates of the variety gains from trade are too small because of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009718088
0.7, while import price changes that can be traced back to exchange rate movements of other trade partners only have … mild effects on US prices. Further analysis points to the importance of trade integration, variable markups, and demand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010493916