Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/189440 
Year of Publication: 
1995
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 95-10
Publisher: 
University of California, Department of Economics, Davis, CA
Abstract: 
This paper reviews empirical methods used to estimate the impact of trade policies under imperfect competition. We decompose the welfare effects of trade policy into four possible channels: (i) a deadweight loss from distorting consumption and production decisions; (ii) a possible gain from improving the terms of trade; (iii) a gain or loss due to changes in the scale of firms; and, (iv) a gain or loss from shifting profits between countries. For each channel, we discuss the appropriate empirical methods to determine the sign or magnitude of the effect, and illustrate the results using recent studies. Two other channels by which trade policy affects social or individual welfare - through changes in wages and changes in product variety - are discussed more briefly. Recent developments in the analysis of trade policies under perfectly competition are also reviewed.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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