Working paper

Firm-level evidence of tariffs: leadtime, performance, and global sourcing

Con Marcelo Villena

Temas: tariff, supply chain, global sourcing

¿Qué encuentra este paper?

Studies how the US tariffs imposed on China during 2018Q3 affected the operations of multinational US importers, using transaction-level import data at the shipment level for 2015-2019. Firms diversified sources toward India, Vietnam, Canada, and Mexico; difference-in-differences estimates show the tariff increase produced about 1.5 additional source countries, a 0.3% reduction in supply from the main source country, and a 0.4% increase in lead time.

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¿Cómo citar este paper?

Greve, F., & Villena, M. (2025). Firm-level evidence of tariffs: leadtime, performance, and global sourcing. Working paper.

@techreport{greve2025tariffs,
  title = {Firm-level evidence of tariffs: leadtime, performance, and global sourcing},
  author = {Greve, Fernando and Villena, Marcelo},
  year = {2025},
  type = {Working paper},
  url = {https://www.fernandogreve.com/publications/tariffs-leadtime-performance-global-sourcing},
}