The good, the bad and the ugly: Chinese imports, European Union anti-dumping measures and firm performance

Liza Jabbour, Zhigang Tao, Enrico Vanino and Yan Zhang

Journal of International Economics, 2019, vol. 117, issue C, 1-20

Abstract: This paper analyses the effects of the European Union's anti-dumping tariffs against Chinese imports on all affected firms: “the good” European import-competing firms, “the bad” Chinese exporters and “the ugly” European importers of dumped products. The results show that temporary import tariffs are beneficial to the least productive “good” EU producers, but harms the most productive “ugly” EU importers. Overall, the net effects of anti-dumping policy on European employment and exports are largely negative. Also tariffs enhance the productivity of surviving “bad” Chinese exporters and widens the productivity gap with European competitors.

Keywords: Anti-dumping; Difference-in-differences; China; European Union; Trade policy; Firm heterogeneity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D22 F13 F14 L25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2018.12.004

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