Overview

Economists disagree on whether recent U.S. trade policies are harmful or helpful, but they all agree that there is a new trend toward focusing on results-oriented policies in specific markets and with particular trading partners. These twelve essays by leading international economists explore crucial issues in U.S. trade policy today. Topics examined include the markets for automobile and automobile parts in the United States and Japan, the U.S. response to ""unfair"" trading practices such as dumping, and the effects of industry- and country-specific policies. Examples include high-technology and agricultural industries and off-shore assembly in U.S. border cities. The volume concludes that some policies can act to both protect imports and promote exports, that the threat of protectionist policies can often have effects that are as pronounced as their implementation, and that regulatory policy has as great an impact on trade and investment patterns as does trade policy itself. It will be of crucial interest to international trade economists, policy specialists, and political scientists.

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Author:   Robert C. Feenstra
Publisher:   The University of Chicago Press
Imprint:   University of Chicago Press
Volume:   1997
Dimensions:   Width: 1.60cm , Height: 0.30cm , Length: 2.30cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9780226239514

ISBN 10:   0226239519
Pages:   366
Publication Date:   01 May 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments Introduction Robert C. Feenstra 1: Carwars: Trying to Make Sense of U.S.-Japan Trade Frictions in the Automobile and Automobile Parts Markets James Levinsohn 2: Explaining Domestic Content: Evidence from Japanese and U.S. Automobile Production in the United States Deborah L. Swenson 3: Protectionist Threats and Foreign Direct Investment Bruce A. Blonigen, Robert C. Feenstra. 4: Foreign Direct Investment and Keiretsu: Rethinking U.S. and Japanese Policy David E. Weinstein 5: U.S.-Japan Telecommunications Trade Conflicts: The Role of Regulation Andrew R. Dick 6: Testing Models of the Trade Policy Process: Antidumping and the ""New Issues"" Robert E. Cumby, Theodore H. Moran. 7: The Trade Effects of U.S. Antidumping Actions Thomas J. Prusa 8: Determinants and Effectiveness of ""Aggressively Unilateral"" U.S. Trade Actions Kimberly Ann Elliott, J. David Richardson. 9: Whither Flat Panel Displays? Kala Krishna, Marie Thursby. 10: Causes and Consequences of the Export Enhancement Program for Wheat Pinelopi Koujianou Goldberg, Michael M. Knetter. 11: The Effects of Offshore Assembly on Industry Location: Evidence from U.S. Border Cities Gordon H. Hanson 12: Market-Access Effects of Trade Liberalization: Evidence from the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement Keith Head, John Ries. Contributors Name Index Subject Index"

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Robert C. Feenstra is professor in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Davis, where he also holds the C. Bryan Cameron Distinguished Chair in International Economics. He is director of the International Trade and Investment Program of the NBER.

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