Rising globalization has exerted a downward pressure on global tariffs, thereby eroding tariff revenues in developing … nations. We analyse how gains from lowering import tariffs are distributed within the firm and the corresponding tax (base … profits, sales, capital, and wages with respect to import tariffs. Using linked employer-employee data and firmproduct …

effects of free trade agreements (FTAs) on external tariffs in small economies where protection decisions are made politically … of an FTA. We find that the expectation of tariff reductions under endogenous tariffs could make an otherwise feasible … FTA if tariffs were fixed become infeasible. However, if domestic import-competing sectors are relatively smaller and the …

converted into equivalent tariffs and further, reduced over time. However each member country has the authority to choose the … tariff types when it converts NTBs to tariffs such as ad valorem tariff and specific tariff. The paper tries to find the … achieve this goal, the paper analyses the effects of tariffication of a fixed quota into tariffs on price, trade and welfare …

We study, theoretically and empirically, how countries choose intra-bloc tariffs and preferential margins when they … to a customs union (where members coordinate external tariffs). Moreover, in customs unions (but not necessarily in free …

In this paper we demonstrate the importance of distinguishing capital goods tariffs from other tariffs. Using exposure … reduction in intermediate and consumption input or output tariffs do not significantly increase their investment rates. However …, firms' investment rate increase strongly in response to a reduction in capital goods input tariffs. Firms do not substitute …