How antidumping measures affect US imports from China: a mesoeconomic perspective of the excess price changes

Shuying Wang, Yew-Kwang Ng

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Abstract

This paper studies the impact of US antidumping (AD) measures on US import volumes and prices from China, employing both theoretical analysis (mesoeconomics) and empirical analysis (difference in differences). Using US customs data, we find that US AD measures have substantial trade-dampening effects at the product level, and the exogenous increases of costs caused by AD duties push up the import prices of influenced import goods more than the increases in costs. We also build a mesoeconomic model that gives a reasonable and analytical explanation for our empirical findings.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)127-156
Number of pages30
JournalPacific Economic Review
Volume29
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2024

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