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When is trade protection good for growth?
Minier, Jenny; Unel, Bulent - In: Economic inquiry : journal of the Western Economic … 51 (2013) 1, pp. 62-71
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Protectionism Isn't Counter‐Cyclic (Anymore)
Rose, Andrew Kenan - 2012
Conventional wisdom holds that protectionism is counter-cyclic; tariffs, quotas and the like grow during recessions …-war era, protectionism has not actually moved counter-cyclically. Tariffs and non-tariff barriers simply do not rise … years, using eighteen measures of protectionism and seven of business cycles. I also provide some hints as to why …
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The Slide to Protectionism in the Great Depression : Who Succumbed and Why?
Eichengreen, Barry - 2010
protectionism. Specifically, countries that remained on the gold standard resorted to tariffs, import quotas, and exchange controls …
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Would Protectionism Defuse Global Imbalances and Spur Economic Activity? A Scenario Analysis
Faruqee, Hamid - 2010
In the evolving debate and analysis of global imbalances, a commonly overlooked issue pertains to rising protectionism …
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Putting the Lid on Lobbying : Tariff Structure and Long-Term Growth When Protection is for Sale
Nunn, Nathan - 2010
It has long been recognized that a country's tariffs are the endogenous outcome of a rent-seeking game whose equilibrium reflects national institutions. Thus, the structure of tariffs across industries provides insights into how institutions, as reflected in tariff policies, affect long-term...
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Commodity Market Disintegration in the Interwar Period
Hynes, William M. - 2009
, they cannot explain the post-1929 increase in trade costs. Protectionism seems the most likely alternative candidate …
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Measuring Openness to Trade
Waugh, Michael E. - 2016
In this paper we derive a new measure of openness—trade potential index—that quantifies potential gains from trade as a simple function of data. Using a standard multicountry trade model, we measure openness by a country's potential welfare gain from moving to a world with frictionless...
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Labor Versus Capital in Trade-Policy Determination : The Role of General-Interest and Special-Interest Politics
Dutt, Pushan; Mitra, Devashish - 2021
Trade policy depends on the extent to which the government wants to redistribute income as well as on a country's overall factor endowments and their distribution. While the government's desire to redistribute income itself is dependent on asset distribution, it is to a large extent also driven...
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Heckscher-Ohlin Theory and Individual Attitudes Towards Globalization
O'Rourke, Kevin H. - 2021
-globalization sentiment. Furthermore, individuals view protectionism and anti-immigrant policies as complements rather than as substitutes …
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Why are Some People (and Countries) More Protectionist than Others?
Mayda, Anna Maria; Rodrik, Dani - 2021
We analyze a rich cross-country data set that contains information on attitudes toward trade as well as a broad range of socio-demographic and other indicators. We find that pro-trade preferences are significantly and robustly correlated with an individual's level of human capital, in the manner...
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