| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP13847 |
| DP13847 Technology-induced Trade Shocks? Evidence from Broadband Expansion in France | |
| Thierry Mayer; Clément Malgouyres; Clément Mazet-Sonilhac | |
| 发表日期 | 2019-07-08 |
| 出版年 | 2019 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | In this paper, we document the presence of ''technology-induced'' trade in France between 1997 and 2007 and assess its impact on consumer welfare. We use the staggered roll-out of broadband internet to estimate its causal effect on the importing behavior of affected firms. Using an event-study design, we find that broadband expansion increases firm-level imports by around 25%. We further find that the ''sub-extensive'' margin (number of products and sourcing countries per firm) is the main channel of adjustment and that the effect is larger for capital goods. Finally, we develop a model where firms optimize over their import strategy and which yields a sufficient statistics formula for the quantification of the effects of broadband on consumer welfare. Interpreted within this model, our reduced-form estimates imply that broadband internet reduced the consumer price index by 1.7% and that the import-channel, i.e. the enhanced access to foreign goods that is allowed by broadband, accounts for a quarter of that effect. |
| 主题 | International Trade and Regional Economics |
| 关键词 | Internet Trade Imports Consumer welfare |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp13847 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/542723 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Thierry Mayer,Clément Malgouyres,Clément Mazet-Sonilhac. DP13847 Technology-induced Trade Shocks? Evidence from Broadband Expansion in France. 2019. |
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