Substitutability and Protectionism : Latin America's Trade Policy and Imports from China and India

This article examines the trade policy response of Latin American governments to the rapid growth of Chinese and Indian exports in world markets. To explain more protection in sectors where a large share of imports originates in China and India, the “protection for sale” model is extended to allow for region-specific degrees of substitutability between domestic and imported varieties of a good. The results suggest that more protection toward Chinese and Indian goods can be explained by the higher substitutability of Chinese and Indian goods with domestic varieties. The data support the model, which performs better than the original protection for sale framework in explaining Latin America's structure of protection.

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Main Authors: Facchini, Giovanni, Olarreaga, Marcelo, Silva, Peri, Willmann, Gerald
Format: Journal Article biblioteca
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank 2011-03-30
Subjects:comparative advantage, economic research, elasticity, elasticity of substitution, equilibrium, export growth, exports, fixed costs, imperfect substitutes, import quotas, open economy, political economy, protectionism, trade barriers, trade deficit, trade policies, trade policy, utility function, world trade organization, WTO,
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13448
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spelling dig-okr-10986134482021-04-23T14:03:08Z Substitutability and Protectionism : Latin America's Trade Policy and Imports from China and India Facchini, Giovanni Olarreaga, Marcelo Silva, Peri Willmann, Gerald comparative advantage economic research elasticity elasticity of substitution equilibrium export growth exports fixed costs imperfect substitutes import quotas open economy political economy protectionism trade barriers trade deficit trade policies trade policy utility function world trade organization WTO This article examines the trade policy response of Latin American governments to the rapid growth of Chinese and Indian exports in world markets. To explain more protection in sectors where a large share of imports originates in China and India, the “protection for sale” model is extended to allow for region-specific degrees of substitutability between domestic and imported varieties of a good. The results suggest that more protection toward Chinese and Indian goods can be explained by the higher substitutability of Chinese and Indian goods with domestic varieties. The data support the model, which performs better than the original protection for sale framework in explaining Latin America's structure of protection. 2013-05-16T18:59:31Z 2013-05-16T18:59:31Z 2011-03-30 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X doi:10.1093/wber/lhq005 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13448 en_US World Bank Economic Review;24(3) CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank Journal Article Latin America China India
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elasticity of substitution
equilibrium
export growth
exports
fixed costs
imperfect substitutes
import quotas
open economy
political economy
protectionism
trade barriers
trade deficit
trade policies
trade policy
utility function
world trade organization
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economic research
elasticity
elasticity of substitution
equilibrium
export growth
exports
fixed costs
imperfect substitutes
import quotas
open economy
political economy
protectionism
trade barriers
trade deficit
trade policies
trade policy
utility function
world trade organization
WTO
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economic research
elasticity
elasticity of substitution
equilibrium
export growth
exports
fixed costs
imperfect substitutes
import quotas
open economy
political economy
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trade barriers
trade deficit
trade policies
trade policy
utility function
world trade organization
WTO
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elasticity
elasticity of substitution
equilibrium
export growth
exports
fixed costs
imperfect substitutes
import quotas
open economy
political economy
protectionism
trade barriers
trade deficit
trade policies
trade policy
utility function
world trade organization
WTO
Facchini, Giovanni
Olarreaga, Marcelo
Silva, Peri
Willmann, Gerald
Substitutability and Protectionism : Latin America's Trade Policy and Imports from China and India
description This article examines the trade policy response of Latin American governments to the rapid growth of Chinese and Indian exports in world markets. To explain more protection in sectors where a large share of imports originates in China and India, the “protection for sale” model is extended to allow for region-specific degrees of substitutability between domestic and imported varieties of a good. The results suggest that more protection toward Chinese and Indian goods can be explained by the higher substitutability of Chinese and Indian goods with domestic varieties. The data support the model, which performs better than the original protection for sale framework in explaining Latin America's structure of protection.
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economic research
elasticity
elasticity of substitution
equilibrium
export growth
exports
fixed costs
imperfect substitutes
import quotas
open economy
political economy
protectionism
trade barriers
trade deficit
trade policies
trade policy
utility function
world trade organization
WTO
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Olarreaga, Marcelo
Silva, Peri
Willmann, Gerald
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title Substitutability and Protectionism : Latin America's Trade Policy and Imports from China and India
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title_full_unstemmed Substitutability and Protectionism : Latin America's Trade Policy and Imports from China and India
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