Replication data for: The Gains from Input Trade with Heterogeneous Importers

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Joaquin Blaum; Claire Lelarge; Michael Peters

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Blaum, Joaquin, Lelarge, Claire, and Peters, Michael. Replication data for: The Gains from Input Trade with Heterogeneous Importers. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2018. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114153V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary Firms differ substantially in their participation in foreign input markets. We develop a methodology to measure the aggregate effects of input trade that takes such heterogeneity into account. We provide a theoretical result that holds in a variety of settings: the firm-level data on value added and domestic expenditure shares in material spending is sufficient to compute the change in consumer prices due to a shock to the import environment. We characterize the bias of approaches that rely on aggregate statistics. In an application to French data, input trade reduces the prices of manufacturing products by 27 percent.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Productivity; Gains from trade; Sufficient statistic approach; Imports
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      D24 Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
      E31 Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
      F12 Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation
      F14 Empirical Studies of Trade
      L11 Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
      L25 Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope
      L60 Industry Studies: Manufacturing: General
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage France
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/2001 – 1/1/2006
Universe:  View help for Universe All French manufacturing firms
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) survey data; administrative records data; program source code
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes The datasets used in this paper are confidential but can be accessed by any researcher via a Secured Remote Access Device: CASD ( https://casd.eu/en )

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source The main datasets are listed on this webpage: https://casd.eu/en/sources/4 * Our baseline source is "FICUS" ("Unified Corporate Statistics System FICUS") - INSEE (French Statistical Institute) * The information about the structure of (international) corporate groups is sourced from the LIFI files ("Ficial Links between Enterprises Survey LIFI") - INSEE (French Statistical Institute) * Custom data - French Custom Administration
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Firms,

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