Freedom fries

Michaels, Guy ORCID: 0000-0002-8796-4536 and Zhi, Xiaojia (2010) Freedom fries. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2 (3). pp. 256-281. ISSN 1945-7782

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Do firms always choose the cheapest suitable inputs, or can group attitudes affect their choices? To investigate this question, we examine the deterioration of relations between the United States and France from 2002-2003, when France's favorability rating in the US fell by 48 percentage points. We estimate that the worsening attitudes reduced bilateral trade by about 9 percent and that trade in inputs probably declined similarly, by about 8 percent. We use these estimates to calculate the average decrease in firms' willingness to pay for French (or US) commodities when attitudes worsened.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.aeaweb.org/aej-applied/index.php
Additional Information:	© 2010 American Economics Association
Divisions:	Economics Centre for Economic Performance
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
JEL classification:	D - Microeconomics > D2 - Production and Organizations > D24 - Production; Cost; Capital and Total Factor Productivity; Capacity F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F13 - Commercial Policy; Protection; Promotion; Trade Negotiations; International Trade Organizations F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F14 - Country and Industry Studies of Trade L - Industrial Organization > L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance > L14 - Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation; Networks L - Industrial Organization > L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior > L21 - Business Objectives of the Firm
Date Deposited:	01 Dec 2010 10:24
Last Modified:	06 Nov 2024 01:27
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/30119

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