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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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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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What causes U.S. trade with Mexico and Canada to continue growing faster, for up to a decade, relative to countries … delayed pass-through of tariffs into import prices could cause such prolonged differential import growth. We examine how … tariff cuts negotiated under the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement and the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) affected …
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To identify transactions at risk of tariff evasion, this paper matches export transaction data from France with import transaction data from Madagascar using container identifiers. Reporting discrepancies between exporters and importers are prevalent but small, with over two-fifths of importers...
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We explore how outcomes of trade policy retaliation (Nash tariff games) are affected when trade simultaneously takes places geographically across countries and through time via financial intermediation. In such models deficits and surpluses in goods trade are endogenously determined, and...
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WTO negotiations deal predominantly with bound - besides applied - tariff rates. But, how can reductions in tariffs … from the real options literature; doing so we highlight the important role of bound tariffs at the extensive margin of … trade. We find that bound tariffs are more effective with higher risk destination markets, that a large binding overhang may …
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In this paper we examine the empirical relevance of three prominent endogenous protection models. Is protection for sale, or do altruistic policy makers worry about political support? We find strong evidence that protection is indeed for sale. The important new result is, however, that not only...
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Recent quantitative trade models treat import tariffs as pure cost shifters so that their effects are similar to … iceberg trade costs. We introduce revenue-generating import tariffs, which act as demand shifters, into the framework of … quantification based on countries observed degrees of openness, tariff revenues, and on the gravity elasticities of tariffs and …
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to use contingent tariffs to control import surges of food commodities and/or downward spikes in their border prices. The …
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Carbon tariffs are one prominently discussed environmental policy. The proponents stress the carbon tariffs' ability to … reduce world carbon emissions. We analyze the effects of carbon tariffs on trade, welfare and carbon emissions in a multi …-sector, two-factor gravity model. The introduction of carbon tariffs reduces welfare in most countries, but the effect tends to be …
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