Canadian historians have always looks favourably on Macdonald's national policies, including the protective tariff. On the other hand, the canons of economic theory have little or nothing to say in favour of protection. Professor Dales attempts in these essays to bridge this gap between trade...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Some related literature -- 3. An endowment model of regional trade: the long run -- 4. An endowment model of regional trade: the short run -- 5. Regional trade with increasing returns to scale -- 6. Policy implications -- APPENDIX A. An...

Frontmatter -- ANNOUNCEMENT -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. TARIFF STRUCTURE -- III. ENTRY AND DOCUMENTATION -- IV. LIQUIDATION AND LITIGATION -- V. CLASSIFICATION -- VI. VALUATION AND ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES THE UNITED STATES -- VII. VALUATION AND ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES CANADA --...

"How does trade liberalization affect wages? This is the first paper to consider in theory and data how the impact of final and intermediate input tariff cuts on workers' wages varies with the global engagement of their firm. Our model predicts that a fall in output tariffs lowers wages at...