Adjusting to trade policy: Evidence from U.S. antidumping duties on Vietnamese catfish

In 2003, after claims of dumping, the United States imposed heavy tariffs on Vietnamese catfish, which led to a collapse of imports. We use panel data to explore household responses in the catfish-producing Mekong delta between 2002 and 2004 and find that income growth was significantly slower among...

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Autores principales: Brambilla, Irene, Porto, Guido Gustavo, Tarozzi, Alessandro
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2012
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/95974
https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/11336/76244
https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/REST_a_00168
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topic Ciencias Económicas
Antidumping
Vietnam
Catfish
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Antidumping
Vietnam
Catfish
Brambilla, Irene
Porto, Guido Gustavo
Tarozzi, Alessandro
Adjusting to trade policy: Evidence from U.S. antidumping duties on Vietnamese catfish
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Antidumping
Vietnam
Catfish
description In 2003, after claims of dumping, the United States imposed heavy tariffs on Vietnamese catfish, which led to a collapse of imports. We use panel data to explore household responses in the catfish-producing Mekong delta between 2002 and 2004 and find that income growth was significantly slower among households relatively more involved in catfish farming in 2002. This is explained by a relative decline in both catfish income and revenues from other miscellaneous farm activities. Labor supply did not adjust, most likely because of off-farm employment limitations. Households more exposed to the shock reduced the share of investment assigned to catfish while substituting into agriculture.
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author Brambilla, Irene
Porto, Guido Gustavo
Tarozzi, Alessandro
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Tarozzi, Alessandro
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title Adjusting to trade policy: Evidence from U.S. antidumping duties on Vietnamese catfish
title_short Adjusting to trade policy: Evidence from U.S. antidumping duties on Vietnamese catfish
title_full Adjusting to trade policy: Evidence from U.S. antidumping duties on Vietnamese catfish
title_fullStr Adjusting to trade policy: Evidence from U.S. antidumping duties on Vietnamese catfish
title_full_unstemmed Adjusting to trade policy: Evidence from U.S. antidumping duties on Vietnamese catfish
title_sort adjusting to trade policy: evidence from u.s. antidumping duties on vietnamese catfish
publishDate 2012
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/95974
https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/11336/76244
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