Replication Data for: Staggered Difference-in-Differences in Gravity Settings: Revisiting the Effects of Trade Agreements

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Arne J. Nagengast, Deutsche Bundesbank; Yoto V. Yotov, Drexel University; ifo CESifo

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Project Citation:

Nagengast, Arne J., and Yotov, Yoto V. Replication Data for: Staggered Difference-in-Differences in Gravity Settings: Revisiting the Effects of Trade Agreements. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2024. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-11-22. https://doi.org/10.3886/E194561V1

Project Description

Summary: This deposit contains data and code for the article "Staggered Difference-in-Differences in Gravity Settings: Revisiting the Effects of Trade Agreements", in which we nest an extended two-way fixed effect (ETWFE) estimator for staggered difference-in-differences within the structural gravity model. To test the ETWFE, we estimate the effects of regional trade agreements (RTAs). The results suggest that RTA estimates in the current gravity literature may be biased downward (by more than 50% in our sample). Sensitivity analyses confirm the robustness of our main findings and demonstrate the applicability of our methods in different settings. We expect the ETWFE methods to have significant implications for the estimates of other policy variables in the trade literature and for gravity regressions on migration and FDI flows.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: Difference-in-Differences; Gravity; Trade; Heterogeneity

JEL Classification:
      C13 Estimation: General
      C23 Single Equation Models; Single Variables: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models
      F10 Trade: General
      F13 Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
      F14 Empirical Studies of Trade

Geographic Coverage: World

Time Period(s): 1980 – 2016

Collection Date(s): 10/22/2022 – 10/23/2022

Universe: Bilateral goods trade flows between countries for which data is available.

Data Type(s): aggregate data; program source code

Methodology

Data Source:

Dynamic Gravity Dataset, United States International Trade Commmission (2021)
Structural Gravity Database, World Trade Organization (2019)

Unit(s) of Observation: Exporter, Importer, and year

Geographic Unit: Country

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V1 [2024-11-22]

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