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Coordinating Tariff Reduction and Domestic Tax Reform Under Imperfect Competition
Keen, Michael; Ligthart, Jenny E. - 2005
A major constraint on trade liberalization in many countries is the prospective loss of government revenue. Recent results, however, have established a simple and appealing strategy for overcoming this difficulty, whilst still realizing the efficiency gains from liberalization, in small,...
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The Special Safeguard Mechanism (SSM) and tariffs : price behaviour with imperfectly competitive market intermediaries
MacLaren, Donald - 2014
to use contingent tariffs to control import surges of food commodities and/or downward spikes in their border prices. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010231627
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Coordinated tax-tariff reforms, informality, and welfare distribution
Ligthart, Jenny E.; Meijden, Gerard C. van der - 2010
and tariffs on factor markets, we find an efficiency gain, which is unevenly distributed. Existing generations benefit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003981994
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The Dynamics of Revenue-Neutral Trade Liberalization
Ligthart, Jenny E. - 2011
The paper studies the dynamic welfare and macroeconomic effects of a revenue-neutral strategy of offsetting tariff reductions with increases in destination-based consumption taxes. To this end, we employ a dynamic general equilibrium model of a small open developing economy, featuring endogenous...
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A Classroom Experiment on Import Tariffs and Quotas Under Perfect and Imperfect Competition
Mulholland, Sean E. - 2010
international trade. By imposing tariffs and quotas and altering the structure of the home market from one of perfect competition to … efficiency effects of import tariffs and quotas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014189419
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Tariffs Versus Quotas in the Presence of Imperfect Competition and Cross-Border Externalities
Furusawa, Taiji; Higashida, Keisaku; Ishikawa, Jota - 2004
method and if cross-border externalities exist, import quotas are in some cases preferable to tariffs. Otherwise, however …, tariffs are preferable to quotas …
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Market structure, trade liberalization and the GATS
Francois, Joseph F.; Wooton, Ian - 2000
In this paper we examine the interaction between the different modesof market access commitments inservices (cross-border and establishment) market structure, andregulation. In this context, we focus on theimpact of improved domestic market access for a foreign serviceprovider on a domestic...
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Trade in international transport services : the role of competition
Francois, Joseph F.; Wooton, Ian - 2000 - Rev., June 2000
We are concerned with trade in transport services (not cabotage butrather international shipping, transport,and related logistical services) and the importance of competitionand market structure in the sector. Weexamine implications of liberalization for profits, trade, andnational gains from...
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Market structure in services and market access in goods
Francois, Joseph F.; Wooton, Ian - 2004
direct impact of tariffs on trade flows. …
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Ben Bernanke in Doha : the effect of monetary policy on optimal tariffs
Lechthaler, Wolfgang - 2016
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. …
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