Corcos, Gregory, Del, Gatto, Mion, Giordano and Ottaviano, Gianmarco I P (2012) Productivity and firm selection: quantifying the ‘new’ gains from trade. Economic Journal, 122 (561). pp. 754-798. ISSN 0013-0133

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Abstract

We discuss how standard computable equilibrium models of trade policy can be enriched with selection effects. This is achieved by estimating and simulating a partial equilibrium model that accounts for a number of real world effects of trade liberalisation: richer availability of product varieties; tougher competition and weaker market power of firms; better exploitation of economies of scale; and, of course, efficiency gains via firms selection. The model is estimated on EU data and then simulated in counterfactual scenarios. Gains from trade are much larger in the presence of selection effects with substantial variability across countries and sectors.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Business, Management and Economics > Economics
Subjects:	H Social Sciences
Depositing User:	Tahir Beydola
Date Deposited:	06 Dec 2015 09:12
Last Modified:	06 Dec 2015 09:12
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/58674

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