TY  - JOUR
AU  - Knetter,Michael M.
AU  - Prusa,Thomas J.
TI  - Macroeconomic Factors and Antidumping Filings: Evidence from Four Countries
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 8010
PY  - 2000
Y2  - November 2000
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w8010
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w8010.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Michael M. Knetter
School of Business
University of Wisconsin, Madison
5110 Grainger Hall
975 University Avenue
Madison, WI  53706-1323
Tel: 608/262-1758
Fax: NA
E-Mail: mike.knetter@supportuw.org

Thomas J. Prusa
Department of Economics
New Jersey Hall
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1248
Tel: 908.443.1565
E-Mail: prusa@econ.rutgers.edu
AB  - This paper examines the relationship between antidumping filings and macroeconomic factors.  We show that real exchange rate fluctuations affect the two criteria for dumping in opposite ways, making the overall effect on filings ambiguous in theory. Interestingly, no such ambiguity is evidenced in the data. Examining the filing patterns of the four major users of AD law during the 1980--98 period we find that real exchange rates and domestic real GDP growth both have statistically significant impacts on filings.  Bilateral filing data indicate that a one-standard deviation real appreciation of the domestic currency increases filings by 33% while a one-standard deviation fall in domestic real GDP increases filings by 23%.
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