Tariff-based product-level trade elasticities

A-Tier
Journal: Journal of International Economics
Year: 2022
Volume: 137
Issue: C

Score contribution per author:

1.341 = (α=2.01 / 3 authors) × 2.0x A-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Trade elasticity which varies widely across products is a crucial parameter in evaluating the welfare impacts of changes in trade frictions. We estimate trade elasticities at the product level by exploiting the variation in bilateral tariffs for each product category for the universe of country pairs over the 2001 to 2016 period. The predicted trade flows using the product-specific trade elasticities estimated here match the observed post-EPA import between the US and Chile, confirming the accuracy of our estimates.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:inecon:v:137:y:2022:i:c:s0022199622000253
Journal Field
International
Author Count
3
Added to Database
2026-01-24