Globalization, Markups, and US Welfare

Robert Feenstra and David Weinstein

Journal of Political Economy, 2017, vol. 125, issue 4, 1040 - 1074

Abstract: This paper estimates the impact of globalization on markups, and the effect of changing markups on US welfare, in a monopolistic competition model. We work with symmetric translog preferences, which allow for endogenous markups and firm entry and exit, thereby changing product variety. We find that between 1992 and 2005, US import shares rose and US firms exited, leading to an implied fall in markups, while variety went up because of imports. US welfare rose by nearly 1 percent as a result of these changes, with product variety contributing one-half of that total and declining markups the other half.

Date: 2017
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