The Impact of Imports on Price-Cost Margins: An Empirical Illustration
| dc.creator | Lopez, Rigoberto A. | |
| dc.creator | Lopez, Elena | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T20:04:45Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T03:49:50Z | |
| dc.description | This article decomposes the impact of imports on domestic price-cost margins into separate price and cost effects. Using data from 24 food-processing industries, the empirical results show that although the direct impact of imports on prices is always negative, a positive net impact on price-cost margins occurs in industries characterized by low own-price elasticity of demand and diseconomies of scale. Further results show that the disciplining effect of imports is more preponderant the lower the degree of domestic competition. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.25153 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/25153/files/rr010061.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/25153 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/540567 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | ||
| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/25153 | |
| dc.title | The Impact of Imports on Price-Cost Margins: An Empirical Illustration | |
| dc.type | Text |