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dc.titleCross-Border Intra-Firm Trade and the Propagation of Idiosyncratic Shocks: A New Dataset
dc.contributor.authorAlviarez, Vanessa
dc.contributor.authorCevallos Fujiy, Brian
dc.contributor.authorŚwięcki, Tomasz
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.coverageUnited States
dc.date.available2022-06-28T00:06:00
dc.date.issue2022-06-28T00:06:00
dc.description.abstractWe study how disruptions in international production networks propagate across countries. We use comprehensive data on natural disasters around the globe over the last two decades from the EM-DAT and SHELDUS database to identify exogenous shocks to sourcing foreign inputs. We then trace out the effect of these shocks on activity of multinationals located in the United States. and their network of foreign affiliates using U.S. Bill of Lading microdata and data on domestic and international ownership linkages from Orbis. Our findings indicate that major natural disasters can have an economically significant negative impact even far from the directly affected areas. Furthermore, the strength of the propagation depends on whether the shocks led to disruptions in intra-firm or arms-length trade. This technical note provides detailed information on the construction of the novel dataset used in Alviarez et al. (2021).
dc.format.extent22
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0004327
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Cross-Border-Intra-Firm-Trade-and-the-Propagation-of-Idiosyncratic-Shocks-A-New-Dataset.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectSmall Business
dc.subjectNatural Disaster
dc.subjectExport Activity
dc.subjectBusiness Network
dc.subject.jelcodeF23 - Multinational Firms • International Business
dc.subject.jelcodeF14 - Empirical Studies of Trade
dc.subject.jelcodeL14 - Transactional Relationships • Contracts and Reputation • Networks
dc.subject.jelcodeL23 - Organization of Production
dc.subject.keywordsProduction networks;Shock propagation
dc.typeTechnical Notes
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-TN-02398
idb.operationRG-E1744
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