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1 International Trade Lecture 16: Gravity Models (Theory) Week 9 Spring (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44

2 Today s Plan 1 The Simplest Gravity Model: Armington 2 Gravity Models and the Gains from Trade: ACR (2012) 3 Beyond ACR s (2012) Equivalence Result: CR (2013) (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44

3 1. The Simplest Gravity Model: Armington (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44

4 The Armington Model Image courtesy of rdpeyton on flickr. CC NC-BY-SA (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44

5 The Armington Model: Equilibrium Labor endowments CES utility CES price index P 1 σ L i for i = 1,...n j = n i =1 (w i τ ij ) Bilateral trade fiows follow gravity equation: In what follows ε Trade balance 1 σ (w i τ ij ) 1 σ X ij = n 1 σ w jl j l =1 (w l τ lj ) d ln X ij /X jj d ln τ ij = σ 1 denotes the trade elasticity X ji = w j L j i (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44

6 The Armington Model: Welfare Analysis Question: Consider a foreign shock: L i L ; for i = j and τ ij τ; i ij for i = j. How do foreign shocks affect real consumption, C j w j /P j? Shephard s Lemma implies d ln C j = d ln w j d ln P j = n =1 λ ij (d ln c ij d ln c jj ) i with c ij w i τ ij and λ ij X ij /w j L j. Gravity implies d ln λ ij d ln λ jj = ε (d ln c ij d ln c jj ) (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44

7 The Armington Model: Welfare Analysis Combining these two equations yields n i=1 λ ij (d ln λ ij d ln λ jj ) d ln C j =. ε Noting that i λ ij = 1 = i λ ij d ln λ ij = 0 then d ln λ jj d ln C j =. ε Integrating the previous expression yields (xˆ = x ; /x) 1/ε Ĉ j = λˆ jj (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44

8 The Armington Model: Welfare Analysis In general, predicting λˆ jj requires (computer) work We can use exact hat algebra e as i in DEK (Lecture #3) Gravity equation + data λ ij, Y j, and ε But predicting how bad would it be to shut down trade is easy... In autarky, λ jj = 1. So 1/(σ 1) C j A /C j = λ jj Thus gains from trade can be computed as GT j 1 C A = 1 λ 1/ε j /C j jj (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44

9 The Armington Model: Gains from Trade Suppose that we have estimated trade elasticity using gravity equation Central estimate in the literature is ε = 5 We can then estimate gains from trade: λ jj % GT j Canada Denmark France Portugal Slovakia U.S (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44

10 (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / Gravity Models and the Gains from Trade: ACR (2012)

11 (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44 Motivation New Trade Models Micro-level data have lead to new questions in international trade: How many firms export? How large are exporters? How many products do they export? New models highlight new margins of adjustment: Old question: From inter-industry to intra-industry to intra-firm reallocations How large are the gains from trade (GT)? ACR s question: How do new trade models affect the magnitude of GT?

12 (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44 ACR s Main Equivalence Result ACR focus on gravity models PC: Armington and Eaton & Kortum 02 MC: Krugman 80 and many variations of Melitz 03 Within that class, welfare changes are (xˆ = x ; /x) ˆ ˆ 1/ε C = λ Two suffi cient statistics for welfare analysis are: Share of domestic expenditure, λ; Trade elasticity, ε Two views on ACR s result: Optimistic: welfare predictions of Armington model are more robust than you thought Pessimistic: within that class of models, micro-level data do not matter

13 (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44 Primitive Assumptions Preferences and Endowments CES utility Consumer price index, Pi 1 σ = One factor of production: labor ω Ω L i labor endowment in country i w i wage in country i p i (ω) 1 σ dω,

14 (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44 Primitive Assumptions Technology Linear cost function: C ij (ω, t, q) = qw i τ ij α ij (ω) t 1 σ + w 1 1 β β i, ii ", w j ξ ij φ ij (ω) m ij (t), ii " variable cost fixed cost q : quantity, τ ij : iceberg transportation cost, α ij (ω) : good-specific heterogeneity in variable costs, ξ ij : fixed cost parameter, φ ij (ω) : good-specific heterogeneity in fixed costs.

15 (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44 Primitive Assumptions Technology Linear cost function: 1 1 β β 1 σ i C ij (ω, t, q) = qw i τ ij α ij (ω) t + w w j ξ ij φ ij (ω) m ij (t) m ij (t) : cost for endogenous destination specific technology choice, t, ; ;; t [t, t], m ij > 0, m ij 0

16 (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44 Primitive Assumptions Technology Linear cost function: 1 1 β β Cij (ω, t, q) = qw i τ ij α ij (ω) t 1 σ + w i w j ξ ij φ ij (ω) m ij (t) Heterogeneity across goods { } G j (α 1,..., α n, φ 1,..., φ n ) ω Ω α ij (ω) α i, φ ij (ω) φ i, i

17 (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44 Primitive Assumptions Market Structure Perfect competition Firms can produce any good. No fixed exporting costs. Monopolistic competition Either firms in i can pay w i F i for monopoly power over a random good. Or exogenous measure of firms, N i < N, receive monopoly power. Let N i be the measure of goods that can be produced in i Perfect competition: N i = N Monopolistic competition: N i < N

18 Macro-Level Restrictions Trade is Balanced Bilateral trade flows are X ij = ω Ω ij Ω x ij (ω) dω R1 For any country j, i =j X ij = i =j X ji Trivial if perfect competition or β = 0. Non trivial if β > (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44

19 (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44 Macro-Level Restrictions Profit Share is Constant R2 For any country j, Π j / ( n =1 X ji ) is constant i where Π j : aggregate profits gross of entry costs, w j F j, (if any) Trivial under perfect competition. Direct from Dixit-Stiglitz preferences in Krugman (1980). Non-trivial in more general environments.

20 Macro-Level Restriction CES Import Demand System Import demand system (w, N, τ) X R3 { ii / ε ε < 0 i = i = j ln (X ij /X jj ) ln τ i j = j 0 otherwise Note: symmetry and separability (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring 2013 / 44

21 (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44 Macro-Level Restriction CES Import Demand System The trade elasticity ε is an upper-level elasticity: it combines x ij (ω) (intensive margin) Ω ij (extensive margin). R3 = complete specialization. R1-R3 are not necessarily independent If β = 0 then R3 = R2.

22 (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44 Macro-Level Restriction Strong CES Import Demand System (AKA Gravity) R3 The IDS satisfies X ij = χ ij M i (w i τ ij ) ε Y j n M i ; i ; =1 χ i ; j (w i ; τ i ; j ) ε where χ ij is independent of (w, M, τ). Same restriction on ε ii j relationships ; as R3 but, but additional structural

23 (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44 Welfare results State of the world economy: Z (L, τ, ξ) Foreign shocks: a change from Z to Z ; with no domestic change.

24 (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44 Equivalence (I) Proposition 1: Suppose that R1-R3 hold. Then W j = λi jj 1/ε. Implication: 2 suffi cient statistics for welfare analysis λi jj and ε New margins affect structural interpretation of ε...and composition of gains from trade (GT) but size of GT is the same.

25 Gains from Trade Revisited Proposition 1 is an ex-post result... a simple ex-ante result: Corollary 1: Suppose that R1-R3 hold. Then Ŵ A j = λ 1/ε jj (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44

26 Equivalence (II) A stronger ex-ante result for variable trade costs under R1-R3 : Proposition 2: Suppose that R1-R3 hold. Then W j = λ jj 1/ε where and λ jj = [ n ε] i=1 λ ij (ŵi τˆ ij ) 1, n λ ij ŵ j Y j (ŵi τˆ ij ) w i = j=1 ε ε and {λ ij } are suffi cient to predict W j (ex-ante) from τˆ ij, i = j (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44

27 (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44 Taking Stock ACR consider models featuring: (i) Dixit-Stiglitz preferences; (ii) one factor of production; (iii) linear cost functions; and (iv ) perfect or monopolistic competition; with three macro-level restrictions: (i) trade is balanced; (ii) aggregate profits are a constant share of aggregate revenues; and (iii) a CES import demand system. Equivalence for ex-post welfare changes and GT under R3 equivalence carries to ex-ante welfare changes

28 (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / Beyond ACR s (2012) Equivalence Result: CR (2013)

29 (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44 Departing from ACR s (2012) Equivalence Result Other Gravity Models: Multiple Sectors Tradable Intermediate Goods Multiple Factors Variable Markups Beyond Gravity: PF s suffi cient statistic approach Revealed preference argument (Bernhofen and Brown 2005) More data (Costinot and Donaldson 2011)

30 (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44 Back to Armington 1 Add multiple sectors 2 Add traded intermediates

31 (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44 Multiple sectors, GT Nested CES: Upper level EoS ρ and lower level EoS ε s Recall gains for Canada of 3.8%. Now gains can be much higher: ρ = 1 implies GT = 17.4%

32 (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44 Tradable intermediates, GT Set ρ = 1, add tradable intermediates with Input-Output structure Labor shares are 1 α j,s and input shares are α j,ks ( k α j,ks = α j,s )

33 (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44 Tradable intermediates, GT % GT j % GT MS j % GT IO j Canada Denmark France Portugal U.S

34 (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44 Combination of micro and macro features In Krugman, free entry scale effects associated with total sales In Melitz, additional scale effects associated with market size In both models, trade may affect entry and fixed costs All these effects do not play a role in the one sector model With multiple sectors and traded intermediates, these effects come back

35 (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44 Gains from Trade... Canada China Germany Romania US Aggregate

36 (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44 Gains from Trade... Canada China Germany Romania US Aggregate MS, PC

37 (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44 Gains from Trade... Canada China Germany Romania US Aggregate MS, PC MS, MC

38 (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44 Gains from Trade... Canada China Germany Romania US Aggregate MS, PC MS, MC MS, IO, PC

39 (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44 Gains from Trade... Canada China Germany Romania US Aggregate MS, PC MS, MC MS, IO, PC MS, IO, MC (Krugman)

40 (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44 Gains from Trade... Canada China Germany Romania US Aggregate MS, PC MS, MC MS, IO, PC MS, IO, MC (Krugman) MS, IO, MC (Melitz)

41 (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44 From GT to trade policy evaluation Back to {λ ij, Y j }, ε and {τˆ ij } to get implied λˆ jj This is what CGE exercises do Contribution of recent quantitative work: Link to theory mid-sized models Model consistent estimation Quantify mechanisms

42 (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44 Main Lessons from CR (2013) Mechanisms that matter for GT: Multiple sectors, tradable intermediates Market structure matters, but in a more subtle way Trade policy in gravity models: Good approximation to optimal tariff is 1/ε 20% (related to Gros 87) Large range for which countries gain from tariffs Small effects of tariffs on other countries

43 For Future Research Treatment of capital goods Modeling of trade imbalances Fit of model Relation with micro studies Relation with other non-gravity approaches (Week 9) Gravity Models (Theory) Spring / 44

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