explore tariff pass-through at the firm level, and to investigate how it depends on firm heterogeneity in productivity and …-through. Moreover, tariff absorption elasticity negatively depends on firm productivity for quality differentiated goods, but positively … depends on firm productivity for quality homogeneous goods. Using the U.S. transaction level export data and plant …

trade policy instruments – tariffs, as defined by the WTO – World Trade Organization. It is divided into three sections: the … first one examines the effects of exchange rate variations on tariffs and its consequences for the multilateral trade system …

increases average productivity. Furthermore, under the first specification exposure to trade always has a positive effect on …

model of varying cooperative tariffs by Bagwell and Staiger (1990) to specify our empirical model for the probability of a … WTO bound tariffs that we built for all WTO Members from 1996 to 2011 at the HS 6-digit level of disaggregation. Our …

model of varying cooperative tariffs by Bagwell and Staiger (1990) to specify our empirical model for the probability of a … WTO bound tariffs that we built for all WTO Members from 1996 to 2011 at the HS 6-digit level of disaggregation. Our …

they willmove towards free trade, while providing some flexibility for trading offreductions in peak tariffs against …