The Impact of Restrictions to Export on Production: A synthetic controls approach

Martín Rossi, Ezequiel Garcia Lembergman and Rodolfo Stucchi

No 124, Working Papers from Universidad de San Andres, Departamento de Economia

Abstract: This paper uses quantitative restrictions to exports implemented in Bolivia in order to investigate the impact of export restrictions on the volume of production. We apply a synthetic controls approach and show that production of cattle beef fell remarkably when quantitative restrictions are imposed. Importantly, we show that export restrictions have a negative impact not only on total production, but also on production for local market. The fact that export controls can actually harm production for local market bears important implications for the design of policies in the future.

Keywords: production; exports; export controls; export restrictions; trade policy; synthetic controls (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 F42 H23 O24 Q37 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2015-09, Revised 2015-09
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