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Seminar: Jose Asturias (Georgetown – Qatar)

October 16, 2019 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Title: Endogenous Transportation Costs (link: EndTranspCosts)

Abstract: Quantitative trade models used to evaluate the effects of policy changes have largely abstracted away from modeling the transportation industry. This paper extends a standard Armington trade model to incorporate an oligopolistically competitive transportation industry in which shippers endogenously choose a transportation technology. I collect detailed data on the containerized maritime transportation industry to calibrate the parameters of the model. I then conduct quantitative experiments in which there is a symmetric increase in tariffs. On average, changes in transportation costs account for almost half of the changes in welfare. These findings suggest that the endogeneity of transportation costs is an important mechanism determining the welfare effects of such a policy change.

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Date:
October 16, 2019
Time:
2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

Venue

Hunter West 1537 (Economics Dept. Seminar Room)
912 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10065
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