growth and low productivity. Major structural measures have been legislated to improve competition, education, energy, the …

The recent U.S. trade policy shift has reignited interest about the macroeconomic effects of import tariffs. In this …

potential productivity benefits. The welfare benefits of final-good tariffs thus tend to be larger, with the optimal degree of …Import tariffs tend to be higher for final goods than for inputs, a phenomenon commonly referred to as tariff …-maximizing tariffs are uniform across sectors. We show that tariff escalation can be rationalized on efficiency grounds in the presence …

characterize theoretical writings on international trade in order to make them more applicable to Canada, for it must be recognized … light of the modified theory. Professor Dales makes statistical comparisons between the economic development of Canada and …—is the best policy for Canada. The controversial issues raised by these essays are of the highest importance not only to …