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Repeated cross-section shipment-level data used in the empirical illustration in Sant'Anna and Xu (2026), revisiting Sequeira (2016). The package includes these data so users can reproduce the application without cloning the original replication repository.

Usage

sequeira_bribes

Format

A data frame with 2,849 rows and 57 variables. Key variables include bp, lba, lba_value, and lba_tonnage for the four bribery outcomes; tariff_change_2008 for treatment status; post_2008 for the post-treatment period; hc_4digits for four-digit HS-code clusters; and tariff2007 for the baseline tariff rate.

Source

Sequeira (2016) application data as distributed in the original pedrohcgs/DiD_Compositional_Changes replication repository.

References

Sequeira, S. (2016). Corruption, trade costs, and gains from tariff liberalization: Evidence from Southern Africa. American Economic Review, 106(10), 3029-3063.

Sant'Anna, P. H. C., and Xu, Q. (2026). Difference-in-Differences with compositional changes. Journal of Econometrics, 253, 106147.