Trade Integration, Industry Reallocation, and Welfare in Colombia

George Alessandria () and Oscar Avila-Montealegre
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George Alessandria: University of Rochester

IMF Economic Review, 2023, vol. 71, issue 3, No 4, 649-687

Abstract: Abstract We study empirically and theoretically the dynamic effects of the unilateral reduction in import tariffs undertaken by Colombia from 1989 to 1993, with a particular emphasis on the transition and including any anticipation effects. We develop an asymmetric two-country, multi-sector heterogeneous firm model with a dynamic exporting decision, input–output linkages, capital accumulation, and trade in financial assets. The model is calibrated to match Colombian exporter dynamics, sectoral trade openness, tariffs, imbalances, and input–output linkages in the late 1980s. We introduce an anticipated phased out reform into the model and relate the predicted path of sectoral and aggregate activity to the data. Our multi-sector dynamic exporting model predicts much larger gains from these reforms than models that abstract from exporter dynamics, sectoral heterogeneity, trade in financial assets, or capital accumulation. It also captures the key macroeconomic features in terms of a temporary expansion in growth featuring a large, but short-lived investment boom financed by international borrowing, more so when the reforms are expected to be short-lived.

Keywords: Trade; Trade policy; Trade liberalization; Gains from trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 F19 F6 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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