infinite future. In this paper I analyze the setting of tariffs in a two-country model taking account of adjustment processes … induces policy makers with a short planning horizon to set lower tariffs because it enhances the short run boom following a … cut in tariffs. Monetary policy that aggressively fights deviations from its inflation target leads to even lower tariffs. …

-Ohlin and Ricardo-Viner frameworks. In addition, we can separate the efficiency and equity effects of tariffs on welfare. We …

country's relative size or relative average productivity. Furthermore, in the two-country Nash equilibrium, tariffs turn out … to be strategic substitutes. Small or poor economies set lower Nash tariffs than large or rich ones. Lower transportation … costs or smaller fixed market entry costs induce higher equilibrium tariffs and larger welfare losses relative to the case …