Ebook: Trade Openness and Volatility
Author: Andrei A. Levchenko, Julian di Giovanni
- Tags: International trade -- Econometric models., Financial crises -- Econometric models., Industrial productivity -- Econometric models.
- Series: IMF Working Papers
- Year: 2008
- Publisher: International Monetary Fund
- City: Washington, United States
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
- epub
This paper examines the mechanisms through which output volatility is related to trade openness using an industry-level panel dataset of manufacturing production and trade. The main results are threefold. First, sectors more open to international trade are more volatile. Second, trade is accompanied by increased specialization. Third, sectors that are more open are less correlated with the rest of the economy. The point estimates indicate that each of the three effects has an appreciable impact on aggregate volatility. Added together they imply that the relationship between trade openness and overall volatility is positive and economically significant.
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