Is European Antidumping protection
against Central Europe too high ?
by Hylke Vandenbussche
University of Cambridge, UK
Abstract
In this paper we follow Boltuck (1987) and find that the average level of European
antidumping protection against Central-Europe in the period 1985-1990 was 14 to 20%
too high. Our simulation results on the Central European antidumping cases show
only 'deminimis' injury margins in all cases. Hence, on the basis of these estimates the
European Commission would have dismissed all European antidumping complaints
against Central-European imports and no antidumping measures would have been
imposed. In view of these results we feel that European antidumping legislation and
its implementation seriously undermine the credibility of the Association Agreements
recently signed between the European Union and the countries of Central-Europe.
address for correspondence: Judge Institute of Management
University of Cambridge
Trumpington street
Cambridge
England
e-mail : hylke.vandenbussche@econ.kuleuven.ac.be
I thank Mathew Tharakan, Bruno De Borger and Joep Konings for helpful comments.
This paper benefitted from seminars at the University of Cambridge and the University
of Leuven. Any remaining error is mine only.
JEL-Classification : F13, F17, K2