Replication data for: Self-Enforcing Trade Agreements: Evidence from Time-Varying Trade Policy

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Chad P. Bown; Meredith A. Crowley

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Project Citation: 

Bown, Chad P., and Crowley, Meredith A. Replication data for: Self-Enforcing Trade Agreements: Evidence from Time-Varying Trade Policy. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2013. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112599V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary The Bagwell and Staiger (1990) theory of cooperative trade agreements predicts new tariffs (i) increase with imports, (ii) increase with the inverse of the sum of the import demand and export supply elasticities, and (iii) decrease with the variance of imports. We find US import policy during 1997-2006 to be consistent with this theory. A one standard deviation increase in import growth, the inverse of the sum of the import demand and export supply elasticity, and the standard deviation of import growth changes the probability that the US imposes an antidumping tariff by 35 percent, by 88 percent, and by -76 percent, respectively.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms trade agreements; trade policy
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      F12 Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation
      F13 Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
      F14 Empirical Studies of Trade
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States and US's trading partners
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1997 – 2006 (annual frequency)
Universe:  View help for Universe All US imports for this period
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) census/enumeration data; aggregate data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes Publicly available US data and World Bank trade policy data extracted from US public records

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source

World Bank Temporary Trade Barriers Database, US Census Bureau, US Department of Agriculture

Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation US NAICS industries,

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