Cyclical dumping and US antidumping protection
Subtitle: 1980-2001
By: Meredith Crowley.
Contributors: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Research Dept.
Series: Working paper series -- WP-2007-21; Working paper series (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Research Dept. : Online) -- WP-2007-21.
Publisher: Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [Chicago, Ill.]
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "In this paper, I test the theory that weak economic conditions in a foreign economy cause cyclical dumping, i.e., the temporary sale of products in a trading partner's economy at a price below average total cost.  Although I am unable to observe prices or costs directly, a novel identification strategy allows me to uncover evidence of cyclical dumping.  Using country- specific information on foreign economic shocks in manufacturing industries, filing decisions by the US industry, and antidumping decisions by the US government, I am able to identify strong evidence of cyclical dumping.  After controlling for other factors that likely drive industry filing and government decisions, I find that a one standard deviation fall in the growth of employment in a foreign economy's manufacturing industry quadruples the joint probability that the US industry will file an antidumping petition and the US government will impose a preliminary (temporary) antidumping measure.  Further, a one standard deviation fall in foreign employment growth more than doubles the joint probability that a petition will be filed and a final (long-lasting) antidumping measure will be imposed"--Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago web site.
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