TY  - JOUR
AU  - Brambilla,Irene
AU  - Porto,Guido
AU  - Tarozzi,Alessandro
TI  - Adjusting to Trade Policy: Evidence from U.S. Antidumping Duties on Vietnamese Catfish
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 14495
PY  - 2008
Y2  - November 2008
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w14495
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w14495.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Irene Brambilla
Calle 6 entre 47 y 48
Departamento de Economía
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Argentina
Tel: +54-221-4229383
Fax: +54-221-4229383
E-Mail: irene.brambilla@econo.unlp.edu.ar

Guido Porto
Calle 6 entre 47 y 48
Departamento de Economía
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Argentina
E-Mail: guido.porto@depeco.econo.unlp.edu.ar

Alessandro Tarozzi
Duke University
Department of Economics
PO Box 90097
Durham, NC, 27708
E-Mail: taroz@econ.duke.edu
AB  - In 2003, after claims of dumping, the U.S. imposed heavy tariffs on imports of catfish from Vietnam. As a result, Vietnamese exports of catfish to the U.S. market sharply declined. Using a panel data of Vietnamese households, we explore the responses of catfish producers in the Mekong delta between 2002 and 2004. We study adjustments not only in catfish aquaculture but also in other economic activities. We find that, over this period, the rate of income growth was significantly lower among households relatively more involved in catfish farming in 2002. The source of this slower growth is explained by a relative decline in both catfish income and revenues from other miscellaneous farms activities such as poultry and livestock farming. Households did not adjust labor supply, most likely because of off-farm employment limitations. We also document that households more exposed to the shock reduced the share of investment assigned to catfish, while substituting into agriculture.
ER  -