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 …

predicts that a fall in output tariffs lowers wages at import-competing firms, but boosts wages at exporting firms. Similarly …, a fall in input tariffs raises wages at import-using firms relative to those at firms that only source locally. Using …

applicable to both tariffs and quotas and allows international and intertemporal comparisons. The index is operational and we …

Exporters’ performance in a particular market may affect their future exports to the rest of the world. Importers may … world in the next period. Social and ethnic networks seem to reinforce these information spillovers, especially in …

In this paper, we analyze the effect of reducing import tariffs on intermediate inputs and final goods on the wage … reducing input tariffs reduces the wage skill premium within firms that import their intermediate inputs. However, we do not … find significant effects from reducing tariffs on final goods on the wage skill premium within firms. …

According to the Washington Consensus, developing countries’ growth would benefit from a reduction in tariffs and other … these concerns - by using a model-based analysis which highlights tariffs on capital and intermediate goods; by compiling … treatment, liberalizing tariffs on imported capital and intermediate goods, did lead to faster GDP growth, and by a margin …

Notwithstanding the tariffication component of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture, import tariffs on farm …