-down approaches appear to be more effective in reducing tariff escalation, and provide greater market access gains to poor countries. …

The objective of the paper is to answer an often asked question: If tariff rates are reduced, what will happen to wage … use two large databases of wage inequality that have recently become available and a large data set of average tariff … rates covering the period between 1980 and 2000. The authors find that tariff reduction is associated with higher inter …

countries for 1980-92, using the statutory tariff rates published by UNCTAD. She uses empirical tests to isolate the cause of … trade liberalization. The results support her hypothesis: tariff rates are positively related to fiscal shocks, and …

, Turkey, the European Union and Arab countries. This paper analyzes the impact of input tariff reduction on Moroccan exporting … paper analyzes the impact of input tariff reduction on different margins of trade with emphasis on export markets and …-in-difference estimator using heterogeneous access to import tariff exemption as a measure of different levels of exposure to input tariff …

tariff liberalization. First, they use a computable general equilibrium model provided by the Global Trade Analysis Project … model Mexico's differential tariff structure appropriately: almost zero for North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA …) members and higher tariffs for nonmembers. Even starting with low tariff protection, simulation results show that tariff …

-intervention tariffs and the size of tariff cuts-the larger the initial distortions and tariff reductions, the larger the bias when duty … concessions play an important role, and planned tariff cuts are deep-must treat duty drawbacks explicitly to avoid serious errors …

investigate the demand for the rule of law in post-communist economies after privatization under the assumption that theft is …

Privatization has been a popular strategy for improving efficiency in both market and transition economies. The … literature on privatization includes broad discussions of pricing techniques but overlooks tax issues. In reality, a state … issues under privatization. Their main observations: 1) The tax status of the company to be privatized must be considered in …