ADJUSTING TO TRADE POLICY: EVIDENCE FROM US ANTIDUMPING DUTIES ON VIETNAMESE CATFISH

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Brambilla, Irene; Porto, Guido; Tarozzi, Alessandro
• 署名单位: National University of La Plata; Pompeu Fabra University
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00168
• 发表日期: 2012-02
• 页码: 304-319
• 关键词: shadow wages; income

摘要

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.