Recent rounds of GATT and later WTO have advocated widespread tariffication, meaning that existing non-tariff barriers be converted into import equivalent tariffs. From an economic point of view, the effects of such tariffication are not entirely clear. The paper presents a general equilibrium...

Recent rounds of GATT and later WTO have advocated widespread tariffication, meaning that existing non-tariff barriers be converted into import equivalent tariffs. From an economic point of view, the effects of such tariffication are not entirely clear. The paper presents a general equilibrium...

Die GATT- und später WTO-Runden der letzten Jahre haben eine weitgreifende Tarifizierung durchgesetzt. Das bedeutet, dass existierende nicht-tarifäre Handelsbarrieren in Volumen-äquivalente Zölle konvertiert werden. Das Motiv einer solchen Maßnahme ist eine größere Transparenz der...

There is strong evidence that different income groups consume different bundles of goods. This evidence suggests that trade liberalization can affect welfare inequality within a country via changes in the relative prices of goods consumed by different income groups (the price effect). In this...