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This paper presents a new measure of aggregate trade restrictions (MATR) using data from the International Monetary Fund's Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions. MATR is strongly correlated with existing measures of trade restrictiveness but is more comprehensive in...
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We study nominal GDP targeting as optimal monetary policy in a model with a credit market friction following Azariadis, Bullard, Singh and Suda (2018), henceforth ABSS. As in ABSS, the macroeconomy we study has considerable income inequality which gives rise to a large private sector credit...
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to the elimination of tariffs and cuts in non-tariff measures by 25%, is in the range of 1% to 4% of initial consumption …, depending on the parameterization. The welfare gain increases in the elasticity of substitution between domestic and foreign …
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to the elimination of tariffs and cuts in non-tariff measures by 25%, is in the range of 1% to 4% of initial consumption …, depending on the parameterization. The welfare gain increases in the elasticity of substitution between domestic and foreign …
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negative direct effect of US tariffs on US imports from China, but (2) do not find evidence for significant short-run trade …
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We estimate the macroeconomic effects of import tariffs and trade policy uncertainty in the United States, combining … persistently, in aggregate and across sectors and space. The general equilibrium import elasticity is -0.8. Historically, NAFTA …
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The German decision to finally phase-out nuclear electricity has led to a debate on its effects on electricity prices …, emission prices in the European emission trading system, as well as on international electricity trade. We investigate these … phase-out on electricity and emission prices. Under a tight system, however, investments in conventional generation are …
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