Rising globalization has exerted a downward pressure on global tariffs, thereby eroding tariff revenues in developing … nations. We analyse how gains from lowering import tariffs are distributed within the firm and the corresponding tax (base … profits, sales, capital, and wages with respect to import tariffs. Using linked employer-employee data and firmproduct …

We study, theoretically and empirically, how countries choose intra-bloc tariffs and preferential margins when they … to a customs union (where members coordinate external tariffs). Moreover, in customs unions (but not necessarily in free …

In this paper we demonstrate the importance of distinguishing capital goods tariffs from other tariffs. Using exposure … reduction in intermediate and consumption input or output tariffs do not significantly increase their investment rates. However …, firms' investment rate increase strongly in response to a reduction in capital goods input tariffs. Firms do not substitute …