Assessing the Impact of Trade Liberalization on Import-Competing Industries in the Appalachian Region ∗ Andrew B. Bernard Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and NBER J. Bradford Jensen Institute for International Economics Peter K. Schott Yale School of Management and NBER July 2005 ∗ This project was supported by ARC grants CO-12884S-03, CO-12884U-03, and CO-12884V-03. The research in this paper was conducted at the Center for Economic Studies. Results and conclusions are those of the authors and do not necessarily indicate concurrence by the Bureau of the Census, the NBER, or the Appalachian Regional Commission. The paper has been screened to insure that no confidential data are revealed. It has not undergone the review that Census gives its official products.