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Evolving Discretionary Practices of U.S. Antidumping Activity

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Bruce A. Blonigen () (Department of Economics, University of Oregon and NBER)
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Previous literature has discussed the procedural biases that exist in U.S. Department of Commerce (USDOC) dumping margin calculations. This paper examines the evolution of discretionary practices and their role in the rapid increase in average USDOC dumping margins since 1980. Statistical analysis finds that USDOC discretionary practices have played the major role in rising dumping margins. Importantly, the evolving effect of discretionary practices is due not only to increasing use of these practices over time, but apparent changes in implementation of these practices that mean a higher increase in the dumping margin whenever they are applied. While legal changes due to the Uruguay Round are estimated to have reduced the baseline U.S. dumping margin by 20 percentage points, the increasingly punitive discretionary measures used by the USDOC almost completely compensated for this decrease by 2000.

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Paper provided by University of Oregon Economics Department in its series University of Oregon Economics Department Working Papers with number 2003-20.

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Date of creation: 01 Dec 2002
Date of revision: 01 Aug 2003
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  1. Thomas J. Prusa, 2001. "On the spread and impact of anti-dumping," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 34(3), pages 591-611, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Tianshu Chu & Thomas J. Prusa, 2004. "The Reasons for and the Impact of Antidumping Protection: The Case of People's Republic of China," Economics Study Area Working Papers 69, East-West Center, Economics Study Area. [Downloadable!]
  2. Douglas Irwin, 2004. "The Rise of U.S. Antidumping Actions in Historical Perspective," NBER Working Papers 10582, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Chad P. Bown & Meredith Crowley & Rachel McCulloch & Daisuke J. Nakima, 2005. "The U.S. trade deficit: made in China?," Economic Perspectives, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, issue Q IV, pages 2-18. [Downloadable!]
  4. Bruce A. Blonigen, 2004. "Working the System: Firm Learning and the Antidumping Process," NBER Working Papers 10783, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Jozef Konings & Hylke Vandenbussche, 2004. "Antidumping Protection and Markups of Domestic Firms: Evidence from Firm Level Data," LICOS Discussion Papers 14104, LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, K.U.Leuven. [Downloadable!]
  6. Benjamin Eden, 2005. "Inefficient Trade Patterns: Excessive Trade, Cross-Hauling, and Dumping," Working Papers 0503, Department of Economics, Vanderbilt University. [Downloadable!]
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