Was the collapse of world trade between 1928 and 1937 caused by higher transport costs, increased protectionism or the …

affected. One possible outcome of Brexit is a situation where WTO tariffs apply to merchandise trade between the UK and the EU … falling by 5% (Finland) to 43% (Bulgaria) taking into account the new tariffs and the elasticity of the trade response to this …

implications of a south-south customs union (CU) on the pattern of tariffs and welfare. We find that south countries always have … relative to north firms, a south-south CU leads to a large trade diversion effect and reduces world welfare. We further show …

time, challenges to it have remained omnipresent.The latest of these challenges has manifested itself in increased tariffs … Second World War and of China during more recent decades as being the result of selective protection and industrial targeting …

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 …