The Production Relocation and Price Effects of US Trade Policy: The Case of Washing Machines

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Flaaen, Aaron; Hortacsu, Ali; Tintelnot, Felix
• 署名单位: Federal Reserve System - USA; Federal Reserve System Board of Governors; University of Chicago; National Bureau of Economic Research
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0002-8282
• DOI: 10.1257/aer.20190611
• 发表日期: 2020
• 页码: 2103-2127
• 关键词: pass-through; firm heterogeneity; TARIFFS; retail; duties; export

摘要

We estimate the price effect of US import restrictions on washers. The 2012 and 2016 antidumping duties against South Korea and China were accompanied by downward or minor price movements along with production relocation to other export platform countries. With the 2018 tariffs, on nearly all source countries, the price of washers increased nearly 12 percent. Interestingly, the price of dryers-not subject to tariffs-increased by an equivalent amount. Factoring in dryer prices and price increases by domestic brands, the 2018 tariffs on washers imply a tariff elasticity of consumer prices of above one.