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found is unlikely to be mediated by the effect that undernutrition can have on academic performance. …
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The paper analyses tax and tariff policy for trade between economies which each contain a monopolistically competitive industry producing differentiated products. The consequences of tax changes by a single country are examined, and the general desirability of taxing imports more heavily than...
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abolishing the import restraints (tariffs and equivalent measures) prevailing in 1982. Under constant returns (CRTS) across the …
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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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a substantial theoretical literature there appears to be no empirical literature on the use of tariffs as a …
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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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agricultural tariffs, industrial tariffs, and revenue tariffs, for a sample of relatively well-developed countries between 1875 and … 1913. Industrial tariffs were positively correlated with growth. Agricultural tariffs were negatively correlated with … between revenue tariffs and growth. …
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The current price of a depletable resource depends on future demands and supplies, which affect how rapidly the resource is exhausted. Plans for future levels of demand and supply can therefore affect the current price. If agents have market power and can commit to future plans, then such plans...
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This paper appraises the arguments that the creation of the EC has increased world protectionism <MI>relative to what it would otherwise have been<D>. Models of tariff bargaining between trade blocs suggest some increase, because the optimum tariff is higher for larger blocs, but this is not...</d></mi>
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distinguish between productivity gains arising from lower tariffs on final goods relative to those on intermediate inputs. Lower … output tariffs can produce productivity gains by inducing tougher import competition whereas cheaper imported inputs can … tariffs. A 10 percentage point fall in output tariffs increases productivity by about 1%, whereas an equivalent fall in input …
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