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Productivity and firm selection: quantifying the ‘new’ gains from trade

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posted on 2023-06-08, 23:40 authored by Gregory Corcos, Gatto Del, Giordano Mion, Gianmarco I P Ottaviano
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.

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  • Published

Journal

Economic Journal

ISSN

0013-0133

Publisher

Wiley

Issue

561

Volume

122

Page range

754-798

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  • Economics Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2015-12-06

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