Self-Enforcing Trade Agreements : Evidence from Time-Varying Trade Policy

This paper estimates a model of a government making trade policy adjustments under a self-enforcing trade agreement in the presence of economic shocks. The empirical model is motivated by the formal theories of cooperative trade agreements. The aut...

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Main Authors: Bown, Chad P., Crowley, Meredith A.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
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WTO
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spelling okr-10986-37102021-04-23T14:02:12Z Self-Enforcing Trade Agreements : Evidence from Time-Varying Trade Policy Bown, Chad P. Crowley, Meredith A. ANTIDUMPING ANTIDUMPING ACTION ANTIDUMPING CASES ANTIDUMPING DATABASE ANTIDUMPING DECISIONS ANTIDUMPING DUTIES ANTIDUMPING DUTY ANTIDUMPING POLICIES ANTIDUMPING POLICY BILATERAL IMPORTS BILATERAL TRADE BUSINESS CYCLE COEFFICIENT ESTIMATE COMMERCIAL POLICY CONTROL VARIABLES COUNTRY DUMMY CURRENCY DEMAND CURVE DEMAND ELASTICITIES DEMAND ELASTICITY DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEPENDENT VARIABLES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISPUTE SETTLEMENT DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCESS DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES DOMESTIC INDUSTRY DUMMY VARIABLE DUMMY VARIABLES ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC SHOCK ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMIC THEORY ELASTICITY OF EXPORT EQUILIBRIUM EXPECTED VALUE EXPLANATORY VARIABLE EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXPORT GOODS EXPORT SUPPLY EXPORTER EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTERNALITY FOREIGN COUNTRIES FOREIGN COUNTRY FOREIGN CURRENCY FOREIGN MARKET FOREIGN SOURCES FOREIGN TRADE FOREIGN TRADE POLICY GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES IMPORT IMPORT DEMAND IMPORT GROWTH IMPORT PROTECTION IMPORT RESTRICTION IMPORT RESTRICTIONS IMPORT VOLUME IMPORT VOLUMES INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INDICATOR VARIABLES INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION INVENTORIES INVENTORY LOW TARIFFS MARGINAL EFFECTS MARKET ACCESS MARKET ECONOMIES MARKET POWER MARKET SHARE MARKET SHARES MEMBER COUNTRIES MEMBER COUNTRY NASH EQUILIBRIUM OPPORTUNITY COST OPPORTUNITY COSTS OPTIMAL TARIFF OPTIMAL TARIFFS POLITICAL ECONOMY POSITIVE EFFECTS PREFERENTIAL TRADE PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENT REAL APPRECIATION REAL EXCHANGE RATE REAL EXCHANGE RATES RECIPROCITY ROBUSTNESS CHECK ROBUSTNESS CHECKS STANDARD DEVIATION TARIFF CHANGE TARIFF CONCESSION TARIFF FORMATION TARIFF INCREASE TARIFF INCREASES TARIFF LINE TARIFF ON IMPORTS TARIFF POLICY TARIFF REDUCTION TERMS OF TRADE TERMS OF TRADE GAIN TERMS-OF-TRADE EFFECT TERMS-OF-TRADE GAINS TOTAL EXPORTS TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE AGREEMENTS TRADE BARRIERS TRADE DEFLECTION TRADE DISPUTES TRADE EFFECT TRADE FLOWS TRADE GROWTH TRADE MOTIVES TRADE PARTNER TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE PROTECTION TRADE REMEDIES TRADE VOLUME TRADE VOLUMES TRADING PARTNER TRADING PARTNERS VALUE OF IMPORTS WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO This paper estimates a model of a government making trade policy adjustments under a self-enforcing trade agreement in the presence of economic shocks. The empirical model is motivated by the formal theories of cooperative trade agreements. The authors find evidence that United States' use of its antidumping policy during 1997-2006 is consistent with increases in time-varying "cooperative" tariffs, where the likelihood of antidumping is increasing in the size of unexpected import surges, decreasing in the volatility of imports, and decreasing in the elasticities of import demand and export supply. The analysis finds additional support for the theory that some US antidumping use is consistent with cooperative behavior through a second empirical examination of how trading partners responded to these new US tariffs. Even after controlling for factors such as the expected cost and benefit to filing a WTO dispute or engaging in antidumping retaliation, the analysis find that trading partners are less likely to challenge such "cooperative" US antidumping tariffs that were imposed under terms-of-trade pressure suggested by the theory. 2012-03-19T18:38:20Z 2012-03-19T18:38:20Z 2010-03-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100301085442 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3710 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5223 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region
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topic ANTIDUMPING
ANTIDUMPING ACTION
ANTIDUMPING CASES
ANTIDUMPING DATABASE
ANTIDUMPING DECISIONS
ANTIDUMPING DUTIES
ANTIDUMPING DUTY
ANTIDUMPING POLICIES
ANTIDUMPING POLICY
BILATERAL IMPORTS
BILATERAL TRADE
BUSINESS CYCLE
COEFFICIENT ESTIMATE
COMMERCIAL POLICY
CONTROL VARIABLES
COUNTRY DUMMY
CURRENCY
DEMAND CURVE
DEMAND ELASTICITIES
DEMAND ELASTICITY
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEPENDENT VARIABLES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCESS
DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES
DOMESTIC INDUSTRY
DUMMY VARIABLE
DUMMY VARIABLES
ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIC SHOCK
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
ECONOMIC THEORY
ELASTICITY OF EXPORT
EQUILIBRIUM
EXPECTED VALUE
EXPLANATORY VARIABLE
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
EXPORT GOODS
EXPORT SUPPLY
EXPORTER
EXPORTERS
EXPORTS
EXTERNALITY
FOREIGN COUNTRIES
FOREIGN COUNTRY
FOREIGN CURRENCY
FOREIGN MARKET
FOREIGN SOURCES
FOREIGN TRADE
FOREIGN TRADE POLICY
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
IMPORT
IMPORT DEMAND
IMPORT GROWTH
IMPORT PROTECTION
IMPORT RESTRICTION
IMPORT RESTRICTIONS
IMPORT VOLUME
IMPORT VOLUMES
INCOME REDISTRIBUTION
INDICATOR VARIABLES
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
INVENTORIES
INVENTORY
LOW TARIFFS
MARGINAL EFFECTS
MARKET ACCESS
MARKET ECONOMIES
MARKET POWER
MARKET SHARE
MARKET SHARES
MEMBER COUNTRIES
MEMBER COUNTRY
NASH EQUILIBRIUM
OPPORTUNITY COST
OPPORTUNITY COSTS
OPTIMAL TARIFF
OPTIMAL TARIFFS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POSITIVE EFFECTS
PREFERENTIAL TRADE
PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENT
REAL APPRECIATION
REAL EXCHANGE RATE
REAL EXCHANGE RATES
RECIPROCITY
ROBUSTNESS CHECK
ROBUSTNESS CHECKS
STANDARD DEVIATION
TARIFF CHANGE
TARIFF CONCESSION
TARIFF FORMATION
TARIFF INCREASE
TARIFF INCREASES
TARIFF LINE
TARIFF ON IMPORTS
TARIFF POLICY
TARIFF REDUCTION
TERMS OF TRADE
TERMS OF TRADE GAIN
TERMS-OF-TRADE EFFECT
TERMS-OF-TRADE GAINS
TOTAL EXPORTS
TRADE AGREEMENT
TRADE AGREEMENTS
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE DEFLECTION
TRADE DISPUTES
TRADE EFFECT
TRADE FLOWS
TRADE GROWTH
TRADE MOTIVES
TRADE PARTNER
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE POLICY
TRADE PROTECTION
TRADE REMEDIES
TRADE VOLUME
TRADE VOLUMES
TRADING PARTNER
TRADING PARTNERS
VALUE OF IMPORTS
WORLD TRADE
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
spellingShingle ANTIDUMPING
ANTIDUMPING ACTION
ANTIDUMPING CASES
ANTIDUMPING DATABASE
ANTIDUMPING DECISIONS
ANTIDUMPING DUTIES
ANTIDUMPING DUTY
ANTIDUMPING POLICIES
ANTIDUMPING POLICY
BILATERAL IMPORTS
BILATERAL TRADE
BUSINESS CYCLE
COEFFICIENT ESTIMATE
COMMERCIAL POLICY
CONTROL VARIABLES
COUNTRY DUMMY
CURRENCY
DEMAND CURVE
DEMAND ELASTICITIES
DEMAND ELASTICITY
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEPENDENT VARIABLES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCESS
DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES
DOMESTIC INDUSTRY
DUMMY VARIABLE
DUMMY VARIABLES
ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIC SHOCK
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
ECONOMIC THEORY
ELASTICITY OF EXPORT
EQUILIBRIUM
EXPECTED VALUE
EXPLANATORY VARIABLE
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
EXPORT GOODS
EXPORT SUPPLY
EXPORTER
EXPORTERS
EXPORTS
EXTERNALITY
FOREIGN COUNTRIES
FOREIGN COUNTRY
FOREIGN CURRENCY
FOREIGN MARKET
FOREIGN SOURCES
FOREIGN TRADE
FOREIGN TRADE POLICY
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
IMPORT
IMPORT DEMAND
IMPORT GROWTH
IMPORT PROTECTION
IMPORT RESTRICTION
IMPORT RESTRICTIONS
IMPORT VOLUME
IMPORT VOLUMES
INCOME REDISTRIBUTION
INDICATOR VARIABLES
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
INVENTORIES
INVENTORY
LOW TARIFFS
MARGINAL EFFECTS
MARKET ACCESS
MARKET ECONOMIES
MARKET POWER
MARKET SHARE
MARKET SHARES
MEMBER COUNTRIES
MEMBER COUNTRY
NASH EQUILIBRIUM
OPPORTUNITY COST
OPPORTUNITY COSTS
OPTIMAL TARIFF
OPTIMAL TARIFFS
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POSITIVE EFFECTS
PREFERENTIAL TRADE
PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENT
REAL APPRECIATION
REAL EXCHANGE RATE
REAL EXCHANGE RATES
RECIPROCITY
ROBUSTNESS CHECK
ROBUSTNESS CHECKS
STANDARD DEVIATION
TARIFF CHANGE
TARIFF CONCESSION
TARIFF FORMATION
TARIFF INCREASE
TARIFF INCREASES
TARIFF LINE
TARIFF ON IMPORTS
TARIFF POLICY
TARIFF REDUCTION
TERMS OF TRADE
TERMS OF TRADE GAIN
TERMS-OF-TRADE EFFECT
TERMS-OF-TRADE GAINS
TOTAL EXPORTS
TRADE AGREEMENT
TRADE AGREEMENTS
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE DEFLECTION
TRADE DISPUTES
TRADE EFFECT
TRADE FLOWS
TRADE GROWTH
TRADE MOTIVES
TRADE PARTNER
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE POLICY
TRADE PROTECTION
TRADE REMEDIES
TRADE VOLUME
TRADE VOLUMES
TRADING PARTNER
TRADING PARTNERS
VALUE OF IMPORTS
WORLD TRADE
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
Bown, Chad P.
Crowley, Meredith A.
Self-Enforcing Trade Agreements : Evidence from Time-Varying Trade Policy
geographic_facet The World Region
The World Region
relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5223
description This paper estimates a model of a government making trade policy adjustments under a self-enforcing trade agreement in the presence of economic shocks. The empirical model is motivated by the formal theories of cooperative trade agreements. The authors find evidence that United States' use of its antidumping policy during 1997-2006 is consistent with increases in time-varying "cooperative" tariffs, where the likelihood of antidumping is increasing in the size of unexpected import surges, decreasing in the volatility of imports, and decreasing in the elasticities of import demand and export supply. The analysis finds additional support for the theory that some US antidumping use is consistent with cooperative behavior through a second empirical examination of how trading partners responded to these new US tariffs. Even after controlling for factors such as the expected cost and benefit to filing a WTO dispute or engaging in antidumping retaliation, the analysis find that trading partners are less likely to challenge such "cooperative" US antidumping tariffs that were imposed under terms-of-trade pressure suggested by the theory.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Bown, Chad P.
Crowley, Meredith A.
author_facet Bown, Chad P.
Crowley, Meredith A.
author_sort Bown, Chad P.
title Self-Enforcing Trade Agreements : Evidence from Time-Varying Trade Policy
title_short Self-Enforcing Trade Agreements : Evidence from Time-Varying Trade Policy
title_full Self-Enforcing Trade Agreements : Evidence from Time-Varying Trade Policy
title_fullStr Self-Enforcing Trade Agreements : Evidence from Time-Varying Trade Policy
title_full_unstemmed Self-Enforcing Trade Agreements : Evidence from Time-Varying Trade Policy
title_sort self-enforcing trade agreements : evidence from time-varying trade policy
publishDate 2012
url http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100301085442
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3710
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