Swati Dhingra
London School of Economics and Political Science
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Economics and Politics | 2014
Swati Dhingra
Median voter theory applied to trade policy predicts positive tariffs in capital-abundant countries and negative tariffs in labor-abundant countries. Negative tariffs are rare, and this paper reconciles the median voter theory with observed protectionism across countries. By considering large countries, I show the optimal tariff is a sum of the median voter component and a positive term of trade component. Positive terms of trade effects raise tariffs in all countries, and can overcome the negative median voter component in labor-abundant countries. Testing the tariff prediction with cross-section and panel data from the 1990s, I show the median voter component is negative in labor-abundant countries and positive in capital-abundant countries. As expected, terms of trade effects raise tariffs across all countries and are stronger among nonmembers of the WTO.
National Institute Economic Review | 2017
Swati Dhingra; Stephen Machin; Henry G. Overman
This paper studies local economic impacts of the increases in trade barriers associated with Brexit. Predictions of the local impact of Brexit are presented under two different scenarios, soft and hard Brexit, which are developed from a structural trade model. Average effects are predicted to be negative under both scenarios, and to be more negative under hard Brexit. The spatial variation in negative shocks across areas is higher in the latter case as some local areas are particularly specialised in sectors that are predicted to be badly hit by hard Brexit. Areas in the South of England, and urban areas, are harder hit by Brexit under both scenarios. Again, this pattern is explained by sector specialisation. Finally, the areas that were most likely to vote remain are those that are predicted to be most negatively impacted by Brexit
Journal of Political Economy | 2018
Swati Dhingra; John Morrow
Empirical work has drawn attention to the high degree of productivity differences within industries and their role in resource allocation. This paper examines the allocational efficiency of such markets. Productivity differences introduce two new margins of potential inefficiency: selection of the right distribution of firms and allocation of the right quantities across firms. We show that these considerations affect welfare and policy analysis, and market power across firms leads to distortions in resource allocation. Demand-side elasticities determine how resources are misallocated and when increased competition from market expansion provides welfare gains.
The American Economic Review | 2013
Swati Dhingra
Archive | 2014
John Morrow; Swati Dhingra
Archive | 2012
Swati Dhingra; John Morrow
LSE Research Online Documents on Economics | 2016
Swati Dhingra; Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano; Thomas Sampson; John Van Reenen
Economic Policy | 2017
Swati Dhingra; Hanwei Huang; Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano; João Paulo Pessoa; Thomas Sampson; John Van Reenen
Archive | 2016
Swati Dhingra; Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano; Thomas Sampson; John Van Reenen
Oxford Review of Economic Policy | 2017
Swati Dhingra; Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano; Thomas Sampson