Recently, the world economy has seen its greatest down turn since World War II. Although not as bad as during the Great … trade barriers or tariffs, or as an increase in export subsidies. In this paper, we show that none of these measures … the short run, they are less effective than general government spending impulses. Raising tariffs or trade barriers even …

member is elected to determine the tariffs to be applied on imported goods. Under a customs union, the necessity to … coordinate tariffs leads voters to strategically delegate power to more protectionist representatives. Contrary to most of the …

representatives then sets tariffs that are strictly positive. Introducing additional policy instruments reveals a trade-off between …

country and the (developed) rest of the world. Despite labour being the only factor of production in this model, tariffs (in …-voter's preferred reliance on tariffs versus income taxes in order to effect the desired redistribution. Using data from 44 countries we …

Import tariff receipts represent an important share of government revenues in many developing countries and there has … recently been a surge in empirical studies showing how evasion in this field is a pervasive phenomenon. In the case of import … tariffs, the tax base is the product of quantity and unit value, both of which have to be reported and need to be assessed by …

figures, primarily by developing country traders. This is due to the inflexible exchange rate regimes, severe import … restrictions and export subsidies prevailing in LDCs. In this paper we focus on the import under-invoicing due to high tariff … under-invoicing. We also look at the optimal levels of import tariff and instruments of government intervention in these …

dramatically the distribution of comparative advantage across the world economy and the existing terms of trade. Most likely …, components which make use of human capital (labour) intensively will be produced in the North (South) of the world economy. It is …