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We study, theoretically and empirically, how countries choose intra-bloc tariffs and preferential margins when they … to a customs union (where members coordinate external tariffs). Moreover, in customs unions (but not necessarily in free …
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card platforms, adopt multi-part tariffs. We show that ad valorem taxes can correct underprovision and hence increase … result in different settings, including vertically interlinked markets, markets where firms adopt menus of tariffs to screen … consumers and where they compete with multi-part tariffs. Our results suggest that exempting these markets from taxation may be …
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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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Are retaliatiory tariffs politically targeted and, if so, are they effective? Do countries designing a retaliation …
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This paper studies the interplay between the wage gap and government spending in a small open economy facing a shock in trade policy. We consider a specific factor model with an export sector, which uses skilled labour, and an import-competing sector, which uses unskilled labour. We find the...
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structural model of endogenous tariff evasion, one which then highlights the importance of both tariffs and border enforcement …
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We show that multilateral tariff binding liberalization substantially impacts the nature and extent of Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) formation. First, it shapes the nature of forces constraining expansion of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs). The constraining force is a free riding incentive of...
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Digital platforms sometimes offer incentives to a subset of sellers to nudge behavior, possibly affecting the behavior of all sellers in the equilibrium. In this paper, we study a policy change on a large e-commerce platform that offers financial incentives only to platform-certified sellers...
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We analyze price dispersion using panel data from a large price comparison site. We use past pricing behavior to instrument for potential endogeneity that might result from the selection of firms to certain product markets. We find that greater price adjustment costs result in greater price...
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As e-commerce has grown over the last few decades so has states' concern for its use for sales tax avoidance. Using a panel of Washington State tax jurisdictions from 2005 through 2015, I estimate the effect of a sales tax regime change on the elasticities of taxable sales. I find the regime...
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