
Bifurcated vs. Single Injury Determination in USITC Antidumping Investigations
Bifurcated vs. Single Injury Determination in USITC Antidumping Investigations
- James C. Hartigan Sreenivas Kamma Philip R. Perry
- 세종대학교 경제통합연구소
- Journal of Economic Integration
- 제5권 제1호
- 등재여부 : KCI등재
- 1990.03
- 47 - 63 (17 pages)
The Trade Agreements Act of 1979 mandates that a material injury determination be made in unfair trade practices investigations. These are conducted by the U.S. International Trade Commission(USITC). The USITC has generally, but not consistently, followed a bifurcated injury determination procedure. This is controversial and is alleged to be dispositive. A bifurcated procedure militates against finding affirmatively on the basis of threat of injury. Using a cross sectional regression to explain abnormal returns generated on decision dates in the investigation of unfair practices, this paper provides a profile of firms that are likely to benefit from protection. These are the firms that are likely to be denied protection by the bifurcated procedure.