Detection and Impact of Industrial Subsidies: The Case of World Shipbuilding / Myrto Kalouptsidi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kalouptsidi, Myrto.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w20119.

NBER working paper series no. w20119

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

Detection and Impact of Industrial Subsidies

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2014.

Summary:

This paper provides a model-based empirical strategy to, (i) detect the presence and gauge the magnitude of government subsidies and (ii) quantify their impact on production reallocation across countries, industry prices, costs and consumer surplus. I construct and estimate an industry model that allows for dynamic agents in both demand and supply and apply my strategy to world shipbuilding, a classic target of industrial policy. I find strong evidence consistent with China having intervened and reducing shipyard costs by 13-20%, corresponding to 1:5 to 4:5 billion US dollars, between 2006 and 2012. The subsidies led to substantial reallocation of ship production across the world, with Japan, in particular, losing significant market share. They also misaligned costs and production, while leading to minor surplus gains for shippers.

Notes:

Print version record

May 2014.