We show in a multi-sector, heterogeneous-firm trade model that the effect of tariffs on entry, especially in the … MFN tariffs (the Uruguay Round), with two-thirds of the remainder due to preferential trade agreements and one third due … countries – would have benefited from going beyond free trade to subsidizing their imports in 1990, since their optimal tariffs …

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 …

emerged to explain this phenomenon, one focusing on international trade and labor market globalization as the driving force … continued effects of technology and globalization on the labor market. …