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This paper reviews key recent literature on the effects of trade liberalisation on poverty in developing countries and asks whether our knowledge has changed significantly over a decade. The conclusion that liberalisation generally boosts income and thus reduces poverty has not changed; some...
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This paper assesses the effects of reducing tariffs under the Doha Round on market access for developing countries. It … coverage or complex rules of origin. Thus lowering tariffs under the multilateral system is likely to lead to a net increase in …
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developed countries (LDCs), both directly and through the price-depressing effect of agricultural support policies. High tariffs … the impact of a 50 percent cut in tariffs and a 50 cut in domestic support for LDCs as compared to non-LDC developing …
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pecuniary benefits: higher prices lead to more integration. Because tariffs increase domestic product prices, this effect … the predictions of our model, we obtain three main results. First, higher tariffs lead to higher levels of vertical …
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The Byrd amendment to US anti-dumping law distributes the revenue from anti-dumping duties imposed on foreign firms to the domestic firms that lodged the complaint of dumping. This Paper shows that the presence of the Byrd Amendment can yield lower duties and greater welfare than in its absence....
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protectionist policies in countries where workers will benefit from the imposition of tariffs and quotas. We test and confirm these …
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. The effects of differences in technology and endowments on the pattern of trade and welfare are examined. Import tariffs …
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.The paper shows that a carbon tax should not be differentiated across sectors in the economy, provided import and export tariffs … cooperating countries if they are prevented from using tariffs on the traded goods. Informational or political factors … constraining the use of tariffs are also likely to constrain the possibility of differentiating carbon taxes between sectors …
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Notwithstanding the tariffication component of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture, import tariffs on farm …
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the nature of the oligopolistic equilibrium, tariffs may or may not induce foreign direct investment, they may or may not …
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