Tariffs, trade and productivity: a quantitative evaluation of heterogeneous firm models

We examine the quantitative predictions of heterogeneous firm in the context of the Canada–US Free Trade Agreement (CUSFTA) of 1989. We compute predicted increases in trade flows and measured productivity and compare them to the post-CUSFTA increases observed in the data. Most models predict increas...

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Main Authors: Breinlich, Holger, Cunat, Alejandro
Format: Article
Published: Wiley 2015
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30235/