the effect of antidumping protection on r&d investment

This thesis studies the effect of antidumping protection measures on R&D investments of firms in the U.S. in the years 2009-2014. Three difference-in-differences models are estimated, using a proxy of R&D investments per product. This proxy consists of U.S. imports and industry level R&D expenditures. Furthermore, the analysis controls for a self-selection bias by only including products that belong to antidumping claim sensitive industries. No significant effect is found in this study.