raising revenue via taxation may make export subsidies less desirable and import tariffs more desirable. The model is then …-oriented industries to attract more assistance than import-competing industries. In reality, however, trade policy is heavily biased … toward supporting import industries. This paper shows within a standard protection for sale framework, how the costliness of …

inflation and tariffs as revenue devices. The analysis derives elasticity rules that tie optimal tariff and inflation rates to …

inflation and tariffs as revenue devices. The analysis derives elasticity rules that tie optimal tariff and inflation rates to …

by Emran and Stiglitz (2003, 2005) of the IMF and the World Bank's recommendation to developing countries to adopt VAT to …

raising revenue via taxation may make export subsidies less desirable and import tariffs more desirable. The model is then …-oriented industries to attract more assistance than import-competing industries. In reality, however, trade policy is heavily biased … toward supporting import industries. This paper shows within a standard protection for sale framework, how the costliness of …