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non-cooperative policies within a single framework. First, we compare the elasticity of trade flows to import tariffs and … in import tariffs by 1 percentage point reduces imports by around 1.4 percent. Hence the two instruments are not …
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bilateral measure of market access to compare tariffs applied in 1996 and 2006, which includes the timing of the Uruguay Round … and episodes of bilateral liberalization. Our econometric estimations show that the reduced tariffs imposed on emerging … countries have contributed to growth in their exports of differentiated goods at the intensive margin; they have not affected …
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Historically, tariffs have been an attractive policy tool to protect domestic industries. The benefits of such a policy …
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as tariffs, can continue to disadvantage foreign firms. We analyze the bidding strategies in such a game and show that … when domestic profits are valued, tariffs will be used to discriminate against foreign firms. Furthermore, we find that … optimal tariffs can be more protectionist than the optimal price preference, resulting in lower expected domestic welfare and …
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delayed pass-through of tariffs into import prices could cause such prolonged differential import growth. We examine how …
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We study adoption by more than 150,000 households of an optional transitional water tariff implemented in the South-East of England in conjunction with an universal metering pro-gramme. We document how inertia leads customers to relinquish substantial financial gains, with less than a third of...
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Lancaster House speeches) were more closely correlated with potential changes to tariffs and non-tariff barriers on UK-EU trade …
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This paper explores official trade data to identify patterns of smuggling in international trade. Our main measure of interest is the difference in matched partner trade statistics, i.e., the extent to which the recorded export value in the source country deviates from the reported import value...
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This paper presents a simple, basic model to compute the welfare consequences of the introduction of a tariff on the CO2 content of imported goods in a country that already imposes a domestic carbon tax. The main finding is that the introduction of a carbon import tariff increases global welfare...
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differ in basic structural parameters and may impose tariffs on imports of capital goods. Numerical experiments illustrate … adjustment dynamics that follow the use of tariffs. We show that countries that limit trade in capital goods can experience … region that applies tariffs. Substantial differences in the levels of innovation, consumption, output, and utility can appear …
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