Antidumping protection hurts exporters: firm-level evidence

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 chains, firms may be damaged by protection if duties increase input costs for firms covered by the protection. Results from this paper indicate that while non-exporting firms benefit from protection, domestic sales of export-oriented firms and exports in general, are depressed due to protection. This effect is more severe for multinational firms.

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Document type	Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type	Accès restreint
Publication date	2013
Language	Anglais
Journal information	"Review of World Economics" - Vol. 149, no.2, p. 295-320 (June 2013)
Peer reviewed	yes
Publisher	Springer ((Germany) Heidelberg)
issn	1610-2878
e-issn	1610-2886
Publication status	Publié
Affiliations	UCL - SSH/LIDAM/CORE - Center for operations research and econometrics KUL - Department of Economics University of Ljubljana - Department of Economics KUL - LICOS
Keywords	Antidumping ; Firm-level exports ; Intensive margin ; Extensive margin ; Productivity ; Global supply chains
Links	http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/130533[Handle] https://doi.org/10.1007/s10290-013-0151-8[DOI]

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