We analyze the relationship between Antidumping (AD) Protection and the productivity ofEU domestic firms in import-competing industries. For this purpose we identify a panel ofdomestic firms between 1993 and 2003 that at some point during this period are affected byAD initiations. Using a...

Tax competition within the EU is fiercer than in the rest of the OECD with tax rates fallingrapidly. This paper analyzes tax responses of EU-15 countries to corporate tax changes in theEU-10 new member states as a function of their proximity to these new member states. Theaverage corporate tax...

This paper uses a unique micro-level data-set on Chinese firms to test for the existence of a"political-pecking order" in the allocation of credit. Our findings are threefold. Firstly, privateChinese firms are credit constrained while State-owned firms and foreign-owned firms inChina are not;...

This paper is the first to study empirically the effects of European antidumping actions on import diversion from importers 'named' in an antidumping investigation, and potentially subject to protectionist measures, to countries not named' in the investigation. For this purpose we use a unique...

This paper estimates the impact of antidumping protection on export behavior of French firms covered by antidumping cases. Traditional models suggest that all domestic firms covered by antidumping protection should benefit from protection. However, in an environment of globally fragmented supply...