The recent U.S. trade policy shift has reignited interest about the macroeconomic effects of import tariffs. This paper …

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 …

countries through links in global supply chains. We combine data from inputoutput relationships, imports and tariffs, to … calculate the impact of the tariff increases by both the US and China on cumulative tariffs for other countries and thus hurt … estimate that the tariffs impose additional burden of around 500 to 600 million US dollars on these two countries. China …

adjustment mechanism, policymakers turned instead to higher tariffs and other means of restricting imports. He offers a clear and …

The debate over the use of tariffs or value added taxes in developing countries has focused on the difficulty of … parameterizations of the model, higher VAT reduces informality. Despite this, whether a revenue neutral shift from tariffs to VAT …

remaining tariffs in disaggregated sectors. By considering alternative approaches to further liberalising trade in three broadly …

. In the first quarter of 2002, President Bush imposed tariffs of up to 30 percent on foreign steel producers in many …

This paper outlines a classroom tariff setting game that allows students to explore the consequences of import tariffs … improvements and efficiency losses resulting from large-country tariffs and provides a backdrop to discuss the Nash equilibrium of …