Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
TuckDartmouth
ANDREW B. BERNARD
Jack Byrne Professor of International Economics
Director, Center for International Business
FACING THE DRAGON    

 

This site reports results from a study examining the effects of low-wage country imports on U.S. manufacturing and predictions about the coming decade.

Facing the Dragon: Prospects for U.S. Manufacturers in the Coming Decade
by Andrew B. Bernard, J. Bradford Jensen and Peter K. Schott

The site provides links to:

The report - This paper describes the past, present and future of low-wage imports and U.S. manufacturing
(the report is also available in pdf format)

A picture of the state of low-wage imports and U.S. manufacturing industries

Do Low-Wage Countries Really Threaten U.S. Manufacturing?

The supporting research papers:

Survival of the Best Fit: Exposure to Low Wage Countries and The (Uneven) Growth of US Manufacturing Plants with J. Bradford Jensen and Peter Schott, Journal of International Economics, 2006 vol 68, 219-237.

 

Authors of the study are:

Professor Andrew Bernard of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College
Dr. J. Bradford Jensen of the Institute for International Economics
Professor Peter K. Schott of the Yale School of Management