Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/290113 
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Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] Aussenwirtschaft [ISSN:] 0004-8216 [Volume:] 71 [Issue:] 1 [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 35-71
Publisher: 
Universität St.Gallen, Schweizerisches Institut für Aussenwirtschaft und Angewandte Wirtschaftsforschung (SIAW-HSG), St.Gallen
Abstract: 
In this paper, I estimate the aggregated ex-post effect of Switzerland's free trade agreements on the prospects for imported goods and quantify the implied consumer benefits. Applying a differencein- difference approach to highly disaggregated import data, I find no effects on the quality and variety dimensions but a significant reduction of 8.41% in quality-adjusted prices. Using the share of imports in consumer expenditure, I calculate an average consumer price reduction of 1.43%. The price reduction implies a positive consumer gain. However, I perform a pre-trend test to validate the required parallel trend assumption and document a potential underestimation of the actual effect on consumer gains.
Subjects: 
Switzerland
free trade agreements
imports
JEL: 
F1
F6
Document Type: 
Article

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