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Long‐run impacts of trade shocks and export competitiveness: Evidence from the U.S. BSE event

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  • Chen, Chen-Ti
  • Crespi, John M.
  • Hahn, William
  • Schulz, Lee L.
  • Taha, Fawzi

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This paper examines how comparative advantages of major beef exporters changed following the 2003 bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) outbreak, which significantly disrupted the U.S. beef trade until approximately 2007. Using longitudinal data on beef export values and constructed revealed comparative advantage measures, we show that while some measures of the long‐run impacts of BSE on U.S. beef export competitiveness have returned to pre‐2003 levels, the U.S.’s comparative advantage has not. We also examine a hypothetical scenario of no BSE event in 2003 and predict that in the absence of the BSE outbreak, the U.S. beef sector would have been increasingly more competitive by 2017 than it actually was. Long‐term trade competitiveness may not simply return to normal even after a short‐term disruption.

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  • Chen, Chen-Ti & Crespi, John M. & Hahn, William & Schulz, Lee L. & Taha, Fawzi, 2020. "Long‐run impacts of trade shocks and export competitiveness: Evidence from the U.S. BSE event," ISU General Staff Papers 202011010700001780, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:isu:genstf:202011010700001780
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