adjustment mechanism, policymakers turned instead to higher tariffs and other means of restricting imports. He offers a clear and …

gains from trade, and papers on tariffs, quotas and subsides, which cover both 'positive' and welfare aspects of trade …

James Anderson has been a singular force in the research on tariffs versus quotas. In this book he demonstrates that in … most reasonable circumstances, quotas are an inferior trade policy relative to import tariffs. He presents substantive new … work on tariffs and quotas in imperfect competition and provides a better understanding of quotas and protection policies …

Nobel laureate economist Milton Friedman once noted that free immigration cannot coexist with a welfare state. A … welfare state with open borders might turn into a haven for poor immigrants, which would place such a fiscal burden on the … state that native-born voters would support less-generous benefits or restricted immigration, or both. And yet a welfare …

, one of Germany's leading economists, takes a frank look at his country's economic problems and proposes welfare- and tax …-reform measures aimed at returning Germany to its former vigor and vitality. Germany invented the welfare state in the 1880s when … for other industrialized countries. But, Sinn argues, today's German welfare state has incurred immense fiscal costs and …

, one of Germany's leading economists, takes a frank look at his country's economic problems and proposes welfare- and tax …-reform measures aimed at returning Germany to its former vigor and vitality. Germany invented the welfare state in the 1880s when … for other industrialized countries. But, Sinn argues, today's German welfare state has incurred immense fiscal costs and …

country's productive capabilities is often attainable only at the expense of another country's general welfare. The authors …

In The Decline of the Welfare State, Assaf Razin and Efraim Sadka use a political economy framework to analyze the … effects of aging populations, migration, and globalization on the deteriorating system of financing welfare state benefits as … how the combined forces of demographic change and globalization will make it impossible for the welfare state to maintain …

including empirical studies of the welfare effects of quality - upgrading voluntary export restrictions and import quotas …