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Bureaucrats or politicians? : political parties and antidumping in the US

Aquilante, Tommaso - 2016

Antidumping (AD) is the most widely used contingent protection measure. In the United States, key decisions on AD are …

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Cyclical dumping and US antidumping protection, 1980 - 2001

Crowley, Meredith (contributor) - 2009 - Rev.

This paper estimates the impact of economic conditions in foreign industries on the filing of antidumping petitions by … US industries and the US government’s decision in preliminary and final antidumping investigations. Exploiting cross …-country variation in economic shocks in manufacturing, I estimate a joint model of filing decisions by the US industry and antidumping …

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Political influence in a new antidumping regime : evidence from Mexico

Francois, Joseph F.; Niels, Gunnar - 2004

We examine the role of political factors in Mexico’s antidumping regime, considering both the characteristics of target … countries subject to antidumping duties and industry-specific factors for sectors receiving protection. Our results are broadly … political benefits of providing protection. They are also in line with the existing empirical literature on antidumping, which …

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The choice of modeling firm heterogeneity and trade restrictions

Cole, Matthew T. - 2009

There has been great focus in the recent trade theory literature on the introduction of firm heterogeneity into trade models. However, these models tend to rely heavily on symmetry assumptions and assume melting iceberg transport costs as the only form of trade restrictions. Moreover, a standard...

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Not all trade restrictions are created equally

Cole, Matthew T. - 2010

There has been great focus in the recent trade theory literature on the introduction of firm heterogeneity into trade models. This introduction has highlighted the importance of the entry/exit decision of firms in response to changes in trade barriers. However, it is typical in many of these...

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International trade in variety and domestic production

Lewrick, Ulf; Mohler, Lukas; Weder, Rolf - 2011

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...

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Export activities under financial constraints : margins, quantities and prices

Secchi, Angelo; Tamagni, Federico; Tomasi, Chiara - 2011

This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the role that financial constraints play in shaping firms' export activities. We use custom information on cross borders transactions for Italian firms, together with an informative measure of financing constraints based on an official credit...

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An Overview of the Modeling of the Choices and Consequences of U.S. Trade Policy

Deardorff, Alan V.; Stern, Robert Mitchell - 1998

Our paper is designed to provide the context for the theme of the conference, "The Representation of Constituent Interests in the Design and Implementation of U.S. Trade Policies." We begin by reviewing the normative and political economy approaches to the modeling of trade policies. We identify...

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Dynamic Gains and Losses from Trade Reform : An Intertemporal General Equilibrium Model of the United States and Mercosur

Somwaru, Agapi; Diao, Xinshen - 2012

An intertemporal general equilibrium model of the United States and MERCOSUR is created to analyze the dynamic adjustments in both regions' commodity and capital markets after trade liberalization. Simulation results show that tariff reductions initiated by MERCOSUR have small positive effects...

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US Auto Industry Bailouts : Will Protectionist Potholes Put a Dent in Trade and Competitiveness?

Benson, Christina C. - 2012

In the wake of global recession, governments worldwide face increasing pressures to assist ailing domestic industries, especially companies deemed "too big to fail." The auto sector provides an excellent illustration of the tensions between the need to rescue ailing domestic producers without...

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