Explaining Domestic Content: Evidence from Japanese and U.S. Auto Production in the U.S

Deborah Swenson ()

No 5495, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

Abstract: This paper studies the domestic content decisions of auto makers in the U.S. between 1984 and 1993 using foreign trade zone activity as a tool by which one can observe individual sourcing and production. The results show that although the domestic content of Japanese firms is rising, differences are not being eliminated completely. Also, the apparent elasticity of substitution is lower for Japanese than for U.S. firms. These results suggest that although transplant production may reduce the U.S. automotive deficit with Japan, transplant production will not cause its elimination.

Date: 1996-03
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Published as The Effects of US Trade Protection and Promotion Policies, R. Feenstra, ed.pp. 33-53, (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997)
Published as Explaining Domestic Content: Evidence from Japanese and U.S. Automobile Production in the United States , Deborah L. Swenson. in The Effects of US Trade Protection and Promotion Policies , Feenstra. 1997

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