PTAs and the incidence of antidumping disputes

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Prusa, Thomas J.; Teh, Robert; Zhu, Min
• 署名单位: Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick; North West University - South Africa; Hanken School of Economics; Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0022-1996
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2022.103630
• 发表日期: 2022
• 关键词: Antidumping; Preferential trade agreements

摘要

We analyze whether preferential trade agreements (PTAs) affect the incidence and pattern of antidumping (AD) filings. We find PTA membership results in a 29 percent (15 percent) de-crease in the incidence of intra-PTA AD actions (measures). We then exploit variation in the content of PTAs and find the reduction is due to PTAs with explicit AD rules. We find that intra-PTA AD filings (measures) decrease by about 46 percent (34 percent) for PTAs with ex-plicit AD rules. Our results are robust in controlling for other PTA-related phenomena, the emergence of China as the largest target of AD actions, and the role played by EU and US PTAs. Our findings highlight the effectiveness of PTA AD rules in curbing AD disputes among members. (c) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.