From Selling Goods to Selling Services: Firm Responses to Trade Liberalization

Holger Breinlich, Anson Soderbery () and Greg Wright ()

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2018, vol. 10, issue 4, 79-108

Abstract: In this paper we focus on a new channel of adaptation to trade liberalization, namely the shift toward increased provision of services in lieu of goods production. We exploit variation in European Union trade policy to show that lower manufacturing tariffs lead firms to shift into services provision and out of goods production. We also find that a successful transition is associated with higher firm-level R&D stocks.

JEL-codes: D22 F13 F14 L16 L60 L80 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
Note: DOI: 10.1257/pol.20150116
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