Replication data for: Accounting for the Growth of MNC-Based Trade Using a Structural Model of U.S. MNCs

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Susan E. Feinberg; Michael P. Keane

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Project Citation: 

Feinberg, Susan E., and Keane, Michael P. Replication data for: Accounting for the Growth of MNC-Based Trade Using a Structural Model of U.S. MNCs. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2006. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-12-07. https://doi.org/10.3886/E116243V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary In recent decades, U.S. foreign trade grew much faster than GDP, but there is no consensus why. Notably lacking is an understanding of the role of multinational corporations (MNCs), which mediate over half of world trade. We use Bureau of Economic Analysis data on U.S. MNCs to study the rapid growth of MNC-based trade from 1983 to 1996. Using a model of U.S. MNCs and Canadian affiliates, we decompose this growth by source. Tariff reductions can largely explain increases in arms-length MNC-based trade. But intra-firm trade growth is attributed mostly to “technical change.” We present additional evidence suggesting just-in-time production facilitated intra-firm trade. (JEL F13, F14, F23)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms MNC-based trade; just-in-time manufacturing; multinational corporations; intra-firm trade; international trade; tariffs
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      F13 Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
      F14 Empirical Studies of Trade
      F23 Multinational Firms; International Business
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Canada, United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1983 – 1996
Universe:  View help for Universe U.S. Multinational Corporations, Canadian affiliates
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) administrative records data; observational data; program source code

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source United States Bureau of Economic Analysis
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation multinational corporations,

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