Import tariffs tend to be higher for final goods than for inputs, a phenomenon commonly referred to as tariff …-maximizing tariffs are uniform across sectors. We show that tariff escalation can be rationalized on efficiency grounds in the presence … up the chain for final-good tariffs, input tariffs may drive final-good producers to relocate abroad, mitigating their …

We study empirically and theoretically the dynamic effects of the unilateral reduction in import tariffs undertaken by …, tariffs, imbalances, and input-output linkages in the late 1980s. We introduce an anticipated phased out reform into the model …

This paper analyzes the short-run trade effects of retaliatory tariffs against agriculture and food exports from the … United States. The results indicate that these tariffs caused a substantial decline in U.S. agriculture and food exports and …

reports a set of world tariff facts for the 150 years between 1789 and 1938 that have not been well appreciated. First, tariff … industrially-lagging Europe, and more steeply even in Asia. Furthermore, after world tariff rates rose between 1865 and 1900, they … world tariff facts come from two sources: Stolper-Samuelson -- scarce factors should lobby for protection when exposed to …

decline in import growth. We then construct measures of export exposure to import tariffs by linking tariffs paid by importing …

-occupational and inter-industry inequality in poorer countries (those below the world median income) and the reverse in richer …

-industry inequality in poorer countries (those below the world median income) and the reverse in richer countries. The results for inter …

In a standard multi-sector, heterogeneous-firm trade model the effect of tariffs on entry, especially in the presence … are a consequence of the reductions in MFN tariffs (the Uruguay Round); and that for some countries, particularly some … would gain from the elimination of tariffs have a strong rank correlation with those that gain from a negative optimal …

This paper uses a new dataset on the universe of Canadian imports and tariffs between 1924 and 1936, disaggregated into … tariffs which varied substantially across goods, trade partners, and time. We develop a novel method of controlling for … the impact of tariffs on trade flows. The overall impact of post-1929 tariff shifts, including the 1932 agreements, was …