Import Protection, Business Cycles, and Exchange Rates : Evidence from the Great Recession

This research estimates the impact of macroeconomic fluctuations on import protection policies over 1988:Q1-2010:Q4 for the United States, European Union, and three other industrialized economies. First, estimates on a pre-Great Recession sample pr...

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Main Authors: Bown, Chad P., Crowley, Meredith A.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
ITC
WTO
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/04/16227391/import-protection-business-cycles-exchange-rates-evidence-great-recession-vol-1-pf-1
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topic AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS
ANNUAL IMPORTS
ANTIDUMPING
ANTIDUMPING CASES
ANTIDUMPING DUTIES
ANTIDUMPING FILINGS
ANTIDUMPING POLICY
BILATERAL EXCHANGE RATE
BILATERAL EXCHANGE RATES
BILATERAL IMPORTS
BILATERAL RELATIONSHIPS
BILATERAL TRADE
BUSINESS CYCLE
BUSINESS CYCLES
CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS
CHANGES IN TRADE
CLARITY
COUNTERVAILING DUTIES
COUNTERVAILING DUTY INVESTIGATION
CUMULATIVE EFFECT
CURRENCY
CURRENCY APPRECIATIONS
CURRENCY DEPRECIATIONS
DEMAND SHOCKS
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEPENDENT VARIABLES
DEPRESSION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
DOMESTIC CURRENCY
DOMESTIC CURRENCY PRICE
DOMESTIC ECONOMY
DOMESTIC INDUSTRY
DOMESTIC MARKET
DOMESTIC UNEMPLOYMENT
DUMMY VARIABLES
ECONOMETRIC MODELS
ECONOMIC CONTRACTION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
EUROPEAN UNION
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE APPRECIATION
EXCHANGE RATE APPRECIATIONS
EXCHANGE RATE DATA
EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS
EXCHANGE RATE INCREASE
EXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENT
EXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENTS
EXCHANGE RATE SHOCK
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPLANATORY VARIABLE
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
EXPORT RESTRICTIONS
EXPORTERS
EXPORTS
EXTERNALITIES
FEDERAL RESERVE
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FIXED EFFECTS
FOREIGN COUNTRY
FOREIGN FIRM
FOREIGN FIRMS
FOREIGN SOURCES
FORMAL ANALYSIS
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS
GLOBAL TRADE
GROWTH RATE
IMPERFECT COMPETITION
IMPORT
IMPORT DATA
IMPORT GROWTH
IMPORT POLICY
IMPORT PRICE
IMPORT PRODUCT
IMPORT PROTECTION
IMPORT RESTRICTION
IMPORT RESTRICTIONS
IMPORT TARIFFS
IMPORT VALUE
IMPORTED PRODUCTS
IMPORTING COUNTRY
IMPORTS
INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES
INDUSTRY TRADE
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE RULES
INTERNATIONAL TRADING
ITC
LEGAL CONDITION
LEVELS OF IMPORT
LOCAL CURRENCY
LOW TARIFFS
MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS
MACROECONOMIC FACTORS
MACROECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS
MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS
MACROECONOMIC SHOCK
MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS
MANAGED TRADE
MARGINAL COST
MARKET ECONOMY
MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS
MULTINATIONAL FIRMS
NATIONAL AUTHORITY
NATIONAL CURRENCY
NON-MARKET ECONOMY
OIL IMPORTS
PATENTS
POLICY RESEARCH
PRICE INDEX
PRICE INDICES
PROTECTIONISM
PROTECTIONIST
RATE OF GROWTH
REAL APPRECIATION
REAL APPRECIATIONS
REAL DEPRECIATIONS
REAL EXCHANGE RATE
REAL EXCHANGE RATES
REAL GDP
RECESSION
RECESSIONS
RECIPROCAL DUMPING
ROBUSTNESS CHECK
ROBUSTNESS CHECKS
STANDARD DEVIATION
STANDARD DEVIATIONS
TARIFF INCREASES
TARIFF PROTECTION
TARIFF-RATE QUOTA
TERMS OF TRADE
TERMS-OF-TRADE GAINS
TRADE AGREEMENTS
TRADE ALERT
TRADE BARRIER
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE FLOWS
TRADE GROWTH
TRADE IN GOODS
TRADE MODELS
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE POLICY
TRADE POLICY INSTRUMENTS
TRADE PROTECTION
TRADE RESTRICTIONS
TRADE RESTRICTIVENESS
TRADE RULES
TRADE VALUES
TRADE VOLUME
TRADING PARTNER
TRADING PARTNERS
UNCERTAINTY
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
VALUE OF IMPORTS
VERTICAL SPECIALIZATION
WORLD ECONOMY
WORLD TRADE
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WORLD TRADING SYSTEM
WTO
spellingShingle AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS
ANNUAL IMPORTS
ANTIDUMPING
ANTIDUMPING CASES
ANTIDUMPING DUTIES
ANTIDUMPING FILINGS
ANTIDUMPING POLICY
BILATERAL EXCHANGE RATE
BILATERAL EXCHANGE RATES
BILATERAL IMPORTS
BILATERAL RELATIONSHIPS
BILATERAL TRADE
BUSINESS CYCLE
BUSINESS CYCLES
CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS
CHANGES IN TRADE
CLARITY
COUNTERVAILING DUTIES
COUNTERVAILING DUTY INVESTIGATION
CUMULATIVE EFFECT
CURRENCY
CURRENCY APPRECIATIONS
CURRENCY DEPRECIATIONS
DEMAND SHOCKS
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DEPENDENT VARIABLES
DEPRESSION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
DOMESTIC CURRENCY
DOMESTIC CURRENCY PRICE
DOMESTIC ECONOMY
DOMESTIC INDUSTRY
DOMESTIC MARKET
DOMESTIC UNEMPLOYMENT
DUMMY VARIABLES
ECONOMETRIC MODELS
ECONOMIC CONTRACTION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
EUROPEAN UNION
EXCHANGE RATE
EXCHANGE RATE APPRECIATION
EXCHANGE RATE APPRECIATIONS
EXCHANGE RATE DATA
EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS
EXCHANGE RATE INCREASE
EXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENT
EXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENTS
EXCHANGE RATE SHOCK
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPLANATORY VARIABLE
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
EXPORT RESTRICTIONS
EXPORTERS
EXPORTS
EXTERNALITIES
FEDERAL RESERVE
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FIXED EFFECTS
FOREIGN COUNTRY
FOREIGN FIRM
FOREIGN FIRMS
FOREIGN SOURCES
FORMAL ANALYSIS
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS
GLOBAL TRADE
GROWTH RATE
IMPERFECT COMPETITION
IMPORT
IMPORT DATA
IMPORT GROWTH
IMPORT POLICY
IMPORT PRICE
IMPORT PRODUCT
IMPORT PROTECTION
IMPORT RESTRICTION
IMPORT RESTRICTIONS
IMPORT TARIFFS
IMPORT VALUE
IMPORTED PRODUCTS
IMPORTING COUNTRY
IMPORTS
INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES
INDUSTRY TRADE
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE RULES
INTERNATIONAL TRADING
ITC
LEGAL CONDITION
LEVELS OF IMPORT
LOCAL CURRENCY
LOW TARIFFS
MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS
MACROECONOMIC FACTORS
MACROECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS
MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS
MACROECONOMIC SHOCK
MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS
MANAGED TRADE
MARGINAL COST
MARKET ECONOMY
MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS
MULTINATIONAL FIRMS
NATIONAL AUTHORITY
NATIONAL CURRENCY
NON-MARKET ECONOMY
OIL IMPORTS
PATENTS
POLICY RESEARCH
PRICE INDEX
PRICE INDICES
PROTECTIONISM
PROTECTIONIST
RATE OF GROWTH
REAL APPRECIATION
REAL APPRECIATIONS
REAL DEPRECIATIONS
REAL EXCHANGE RATE
REAL EXCHANGE RATES
REAL GDP
RECESSION
RECESSIONS
RECIPROCAL DUMPING
ROBUSTNESS CHECK
ROBUSTNESS CHECKS
STANDARD DEVIATION
STANDARD DEVIATIONS
TARIFF INCREASES
TARIFF PROTECTION
TARIFF-RATE QUOTA
TERMS OF TRADE
TERMS-OF-TRADE GAINS
TRADE AGREEMENTS
TRADE ALERT
TRADE BARRIER
TRADE BARRIERS
TRADE FLOWS
TRADE GROWTH
TRADE IN GOODS
TRADE MODELS
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE POLICY
TRADE POLICY INSTRUMENTS
TRADE PROTECTION
TRADE RESTRICTIONS
TRADE RESTRICTIVENESS
TRADE RULES
TRADE VALUES
TRADE VOLUME
TRADING PARTNER
TRADING PARTNERS
UNCERTAINTY
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
VALUE OF IMPORTS
VERTICAL SPECIALIZATION
WORLD ECONOMY
WORLD TRADE
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WORLD TRADING SYSTEM
WTO
Bown, Chad P.
Crowley, Meredith A.
Import Protection, Business Cycles, and Exchange Rates : Evidence from the Great Recession
relation Policy Research Working Paper ; No. 6038
description This research estimates the impact of macroeconomic fluctuations on import protection policies over 1988:Q1-2010:Q4 for the United States, European Union, and three other industrialized economies. First, estimates on a pre-Great Recession sample provide evidence of three key relationships for the US and EU. Increases in domestic unemployment rates and real appreciations in bilateral exchange rates led to substantial increases in antidumping and related forms of import protection. Furthermore, economies historically imposed these bilateral import restrictions on trading partners going through their own periods of weak economic growth. Second, estimates from the pre-Great Recession model predict a major trade policy response during 2008:Q4-2010:Q4, given the realized macroeconomic shocks. New US and EU trade barriers were projected to cover up to an additional 15 percentage points of nonoil imports, well above the baseline level of 2-3 percent of import coverage immediately preceding the crisis. Third, re-estimating the model on data from the Great Recession period illustrates why the realized trade policy response differed from model predictions based on historical data. While exchange rate movements played an important role in limiting new import protection, the US and EU also "switched" from their historical behavior during the Great Recession and shifted new import protection toward trading partners experiencing economic growth and away from those that were contracting.
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 Import Protection, Business Cycles, and Exchange Rates : Evidence from the Great Recession
title_short Import Protection, Business Cycles, and Exchange Rates : Evidence from the Great Recession
title_full Import Protection, Business Cycles, and Exchange Rates : Evidence from the Great Recession
title_fullStr Import Protection, Business Cycles, and Exchange Rates : Evidence from the Great Recession
title_full_unstemmed Import Protection, Business Cycles, and Exchange Rates : Evidence from the Great Recession
title_sort import protection, business cycles, and exchange rates : evidence from the great recession
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/04/16227391/import-protection-business-cycles-exchange-rates-evidence-great-recession-vol-1-pf-1
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6040
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spelling okr-10986-60402021-04-23T14:02:24Z Import Protection, Business Cycles, and Exchange Rates : Evidence from the Great Recession Bown, Chad P. Crowley, Meredith A. AGREEMENT ON SAFEGUARDS ANNUAL IMPORTS ANTIDUMPING ANTIDUMPING CASES ANTIDUMPING DUTIES ANTIDUMPING FILINGS ANTIDUMPING POLICY BILATERAL EXCHANGE RATE BILATERAL EXCHANGE RATES BILATERAL IMPORTS BILATERAL RELATIONSHIPS BILATERAL TRADE BUSINESS CYCLE BUSINESS CYCLES CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS CHANGES IN TRADE CLARITY COUNTERVAILING DUTIES COUNTERVAILING DUTY INVESTIGATION CUMULATIVE EFFECT CURRENCY CURRENCY APPRECIATIONS CURRENCY DEPRECIATIONS DEMAND SHOCKS DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEPENDENT VARIABLES DEPRESSION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISPUTE SETTLEMENT DOMESTIC CURRENCY DOMESTIC CURRENCY PRICE DOMESTIC ECONOMY DOMESTIC INDUSTRY DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC UNEMPLOYMENT DUMMY VARIABLES ECONOMETRIC MODELS ECONOMIC CONTRACTION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RESEARCH EUROPEAN UNION EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATE APPRECIATION EXCHANGE RATE APPRECIATIONS EXCHANGE RATE DATA EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS EXCHANGE RATE INCREASE EXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENT EXCHANGE RATE MOVEMENTS EXCHANGE RATE SHOCK EXCHANGE RATES EXPLANATORY VARIABLE EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXPORT RESTRICTIONS EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES FEDERAL RESERVE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK FINANCIAL CRISIS FIXED EFFECTS FOREIGN COUNTRY FOREIGN FIRM FOREIGN FIRMS FOREIGN SOURCES FORMAL ANALYSIS GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS GLOBAL TRADE GROWTH RATE IMPERFECT COMPETITION IMPORT IMPORT DATA IMPORT GROWTH IMPORT POLICY IMPORT PRICE IMPORT PRODUCT IMPORT PROTECTION IMPORT RESTRICTION IMPORT RESTRICTIONS IMPORT TARIFFS IMPORT VALUE IMPORTED PRODUCTS IMPORTING COUNTRY IMPORTS INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES INDUSTRY TRADE INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRADE RULES INTERNATIONAL TRADING ITC LEGAL CONDITION LEVELS OF IMPORT LOCAL CURRENCY LOW TARIFFS MACROECONOMIC CONDITIONS MACROECONOMIC FACTORS MACROECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS MACROECONOMIC INDICATORS MACROECONOMIC SHOCK MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS MANAGED TRADE MARGINAL COST MARKET ECONOMY MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS MULTINATIONAL FIRMS NATIONAL AUTHORITY NATIONAL CURRENCY NON-MARKET ECONOMY OIL IMPORTS PATENTS POLICY RESEARCH PRICE INDEX PRICE INDICES PROTECTIONISM PROTECTIONIST RATE OF GROWTH REAL APPRECIATION REAL APPRECIATIONS REAL DEPRECIATIONS REAL EXCHANGE RATE REAL EXCHANGE RATES REAL GDP RECESSION RECESSIONS RECIPROCAL DUMPING ROBUSTNESS CHECK ROBUSTNESS CHECKS STANDARD DEVIATION STANDARD DEVIATIONS TARIFF INCREASES TARIFF PROTECTION TARIFF-RATE QUOTA TERMS OF TRADE TERMS-OF-TRADE GAINS TRADE AGREEMENTS TRADE ALERT TRADE BARRIER TRADE BARRIERS TRADE FLOWS TRADE GROWTH TRADE IN GOODS TRADE MODELS TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE POLICY INSTRUMENTS TRADE PROTECTION TRADE RESTRICTIONS TRADE RESTRICTIVENESS TRADE RULES TRADE VALUES TRADE VOLUME TRADING PARTNER TRADING PARTNERS UNCERTAINTY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES VALUE OF IMPORTS VERTICAL SPECIALIZATION WORLD ECONOMY WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WORLD TRADING SYSTEM WTO This research estimates the impact of macroeconomic fluctuations on import protection policies over 1988:Q1-2010:Q4 for the United States, European Union, and three other industrialized economies. First, estimates on a pre-Great Recession sample provide evidence of three key relationships for the US and EU. Increases in domestic unemployment rates and real appreciations in bilateral exchange rates led to substantial increases in antidumping and related forms of import protection. Furthermore, economies historically imposed these bilateral import restrictions on trading partners going through their own periods of weak economic growth. Second, estimates from the pre-Great Recession model predict a major trade policy response during 2008:Q4-2010:Q4, given the realized macroeconomic shocks. New US and EU trade barriers were projected to cover up to an additional 15 percentage points of nonoil imports, well above the baseline level of 2-3 percent of import coverage immediately preceding the crisis. Third, re-estimating the model on data from the Great Recession period illustrates why the realized trade policy response differed from model predictions based on historical data. While exchange rate movements played an important role in limiting new import protection, the US and EU also "switched" from their historical behavior during the Great Recession and shifted new import protection toward trading partners experiencing economic growth and away from those that were contracting. 2012-04-27T07:44:18Z 2012-04-27T07:44:18Z 2012-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/04/16227391/import-protection-business-cycles-exchange-rates-evidence-great-recession-vol-1-pf-1 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6040 English Policy Research Working Paper ; No. 6038 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research