Trade and the Global Recession
American Economic Review
vol. 106,
no. 11, November 2016
(pp. 3401-38)
(Complimentary)
Abstract
We develop a dynamic multicountry general equilibrium model to investigate forces acting on the global economy during the Great Recession and ensuing recovery. Our multisector framework accounts completely for countries' trade, investment, production, and GDPs in terms of different sets of shocks. Applying the model to 21 countries, we investigate the 29 percent drop in world trade in manufactures during the period 2008-2009. A shift in final spending away from tradable sectors, largely caused by declines in durables investment efficiency, accounts for most of the collapse in trade relative to GDP. Shocks to trade frictions, productivity, and demand play minor roles.Citation
Eaton, Jonathan, Samuel Kortum, Brent Neiman, and John Romalis. 2016. "Trade and the Global Recession." American Economic Review, 106 (11): 3401-38. DOI: 10.1257/aer.20101557Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- E22 Investment; Capital; Intangible Capital; Capacity
- E32 Business Fluctuations; Cycles
- F10 Trade: General
- F44 International Business Cycles