wiiw IMPORT DEMAND ELASTICITIES
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Basic instructions:
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The wiiw Import Demand Elasticities Database provides unilateral import demand elasticities estimated for 167 countries and more than 5,000 products at the 6-digit level of the Harmonised System over the period 1996-2014. 

The ZIP-file includes the main data file 
** in Stata format (Elasticities_Data.dta);
** in CSV-format comma-delimited (Elasticities_Data_comma.csv); and
** in CSV-format tab-delimited (Elasticities_Data_tab.csv). 

In addition we provide figures and Table 1 of the corresponding paper.


** Structure of the main data file **

iso3 .............. ISO3 country code (e.g. ALB for Albania)
iso2 .............. ISO2 country code (e.g. AL for Albania)
country ........... Country name (e.g. Albania)
sector ............ Manufacturing or AgriFood
hs2 ............... HS 2-digit code of the Harmonised System (e.g. HS Code 01 = Live animals)
product ........... HS 6-digit code of the Harmonised System (e.g. HS Code 010111 = Pure-bred breeding horses)
elasticity ........ Elasticity estimate
elasticity_sign ... Binding elasticity estimate if significantly different from 0 at the 10% level
se ................ Standard error
p ................. p-value


** Table and Figures **

Elasticities_Figure_1.png: Distribution of elasticity estimates: FE, FEIV, SSB
Elasticities_Figure_2.png: Distribution of elasticity estimates at the HS 6-digit level 
Elasticities_Figure_3.png: Simple average binding elasticities per country
Elasticities_Figure_4.png: Binding elasticities over income
Elasticities_Figure_5.png: Binding simple average elasticities per HS Section
Elasticities_Figure_6.png: Binding elasticities over income: estimates per income group 

Elasticities_Table_1.xlsx: Elasticities by importer


License: 
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This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

When using the dataset please cite the following paper:

Ghodsi, M., J. Grübler and R. Stehrer (2016), ‘Import Demand Elasticities Revisited’, wiiw Working Paper, No. 132, November.


Publications:
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Import Demand Elasticities Revisited (wiiw Working Paper No. 132)
http://wiiw.ac.at/p-4075.html

The Role of Price Sensitivity in Evaluating the Effects of Trade Policy Instruments (Monthly Report No.12/2016)
http://wiiw.ac.at/p-4080.html


Funding acknowledgement:
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This work was produced as part of the PRONTO (Productivity, Non-Tariff Measures and Openness) project funded by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Programme, grant agreement no: 613504. 


Contact:
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Julia Grübler (gruebler@wiiw.ac.at),
Mahdi Ghodsi  (ghodsi@wiiw.ac.at).