How Do Exporters Respond to Antidumping Investigations?

Using monthly transaction data covering all Chinese exporters over the 2000-2006 period, we investigate how Chinese exporters respond to U.S. antidumping investigations. We \u85nd that antidumping investigations cause a substantial decrease in the total export volume at the HS-6 digit product level, and that this trade-dampening e¤ect is due to a signi\u85cant decrease in the number of exporters, yet a modest decrease in the export volume per surviving exporter. We also \u85nd that the bulk of the decrease in the number of exporters is exerted by less productive exporters, by direct exporters as opposed to trade intermediaries, and by single-product direct exporters as opposed to their multi-product counterparts. Combined with the existing studies on the e¤ects that antidumping investigations have on protected rms, our study helps piece together a complete picture of the e¤ects of antidumping investigations