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literature predicting nonequivalent effects of tariffs and quotas on domestic firms' market power. Robust to a variety of …
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tariffs. Since the eruption of the debt crisis, many proposals for structural reforms in the developing countries have …
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We show that even when the exchange rate cannot be devalued, a small set of conventional fiscal instruments can robustly replicate the real allocations attained under a nominal exchange rate devaluation in a dynamic New Keynesian open economy environment. We perform the analysis under...
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This paper examines the optimal labor contract in a small open economy with incomplete markets under international price uncertainty. The effect on employment, wages, and profits of different realizations of the state of nature is studied and agents' preferences concerning the implementation of...
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sectoral heterogeneity, intermediate goods and sectoral linkages for the quantification of the welfare gains from tariffs …
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The objective of the paper is to answer an often-asked question : if tariff rates are reduced, what will happen to wage inequality ? We consider two types of wage inequality : between occupations (skills premium), and between industries. We use two large data bases of wage inequality that have...
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unilateral climate policies. Embodied carbon tariffs tax the direct and indirect carbon emissions embodied in imported goods. The …, carbon tariffs could substantially extend the reach of OECD climate policies. We investigate this claim by simulating the … effects of embodied carbon tariffs with a computable general equilibrium model of global trade and energy use. We find that …
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What kind of tariff reform is likely to raise welfare in situations where tariff revenue is important? Uncertainty about specification and risk from imprecise parameter estimates of any particular specification reduce the credibility of simulation estimates. A promising alternative is to develop...
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The paper examines a simple model in which exogenous political risk creates uncertainty about tariffs. The model … predicts a relation between consumption and tariffs that differs radically from that implied by models without asset markets or … political risk. Given the probability distribution of tariffs, domestic consumption and utility (ex post) are lower in states of …
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This paper presents new annual estimates of U.S. production of pig iron and imports of pig iron products dating back to 1827. These estimates are used to assess the vulnerability of the antebellum iron industry to foreign competition and the role of the tariff in fostering the industry's early...
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