TY  - JOUR
AU  - Vandenbussche,Hylke
AU  - Konings,Jozef
AU  - Springael,Linda
TI  - Import Diversion under European Antidumping Policy
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 7340
PY  - 1999
Y2  - September 1999
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w7340
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w7340.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Hylke Vandenbussche
E-Mail: hylke.vandenbussche@econ.kuleuven.ac.be

Jozef Konings
Department of Economics
University of Leuven
Naamsestraat 69
3000 Leuven
Belgium
E-Mail: Joep.Konings@econ.kuleuven.be
AB  - This paper is the first to study empirically the effects of European antidumping actions on import diversion from importers 'named' in an antidumping investigation, and potentially subject to protectionist measures, to countries  not named' in the investigation. For this purpose we use a unique data set at the 8-digit product level.  The amount of import diversion can be regarded as an indication of the effectiveness of antidumping policy which is used to protect the home industry from foreign imports.  We find that -- in contrast to the US -- trade diversion in the European Union caused by antidumping actions is rather limited.  This result holds even after controlling for selection-bias in the antidumping investigation procedure.  We offer a number of explanations for the difference between Europe and the US regarding trade diversion.
ER  -