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SMU SOE Seminar Series (March 5, 2024, 10am-11.30am): The Costs and Benefits of Buying American
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TOPIC: | THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF BUYING AMERICAN |
ABSTRACTThis paper investigates the welfare implications of the domestic content restriction stipulated in government purchase programs (such as the Buy American Act). On the one hand, the restriction directs more government demand towards domestic producers, encouraging local employment. On the other hand, it raises trade barriers in government procurement, hampering the efficiency of global sourcing. Employing administrative data on the U.S. federal procurement of goods and services, we are implementing a quasi-experimental design to rigorously estimate the causal impacts of government purchases on local labor market outcomes. Building on these estimates, we will introduce a general equilibrium spatial model to quantify the welfare consequences for different types of workers across regions in the U.S. Click here to view the CV. | |  | PRESENTERBingjing Li University of Hong Kong | RESEARCH FIELDSInternational Trade Labor Economics Applied Microeconomics | DATE:5 March 2024 (Tuesday) | TIME:10am - 11.30am | VENUE:Meeting Room 5.1, Level 5
School of Economics
Singapore Management University
90 Stamford Road
Singapore 178903 |
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