Replication data for: Unpacking the Long-Run Effects of Tariff Shocks: New Structural Implications from Firm Heterogeneity Models

Name: Replication data for: Unpacking the Long-Run Effects of Tariff Shocks: New Structural Implications from Firm Heterogeneity Models
Published: 2016-05-01
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Keywords: International Trade Modeling

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Alan Spearot

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Project Citation:

Spearot, Alan. Replication data for: Unpacking the Long-Run Effects of Tariff Shocks: New Structural Implications from Firm Heterogeneity Models. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114332V1

Project Description

Summary: I derive a novel solution for the general equilibrium effects of tariffs that is robust to heterogeneity across industries and countries, and is a function of only aggregate trade data and country-by-industry Pareto shape parameters. Using the model to evaluate tariff shocks, I show that while most countries lose by removing observed tariffs unilaterally, India, Japan, Korea, and the United States gain by doing so, which suggests inefficient tariff discrimination. In evaluating multilateral shocks, observed tariff cuts over 1994–2000 benefit 69 percent of countries, with these benefits skewed toward developing nations. In contrast, removing all post-2000 tariffs benefit the developed. (JEL F12, F13, F14)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: International Trade Modeling

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: All countries

Time Period(s): 1994 – 2004 (1994-2004)

Universe: All exports and importers by HS6 product

Data Type(s): observational data; aggregate data

Methodology

Data Source: GTAP, WITS

Unit(s) of Observation: Country by product by year,

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