Conventional wisdom holds that protectionism is counter-cyclic; tariffs, quotas and the like grow during recessions …-war era, protectionism has not actually moved counter-cyclically. Tariffs and non-tariff barriers do not systematically rise … variety of measures of protectionism and business cycles. I also provide some hints as to why protectionism is no longer …

Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), it derives insights from a large number of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) that embody … substantive provisions on both government procurement and services trade. An important finding is that, from an economic … perspective, general market access commitments with respect to services trade and commitments regarding government procurement of …

of trade. Regression results suggest that import protection makes income distribution worse for countries in labor …

Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), it derives insights from a large number of Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) that embody … substantive provisions on both government procurement and services trade. An important finding is that, from an economic … perspective, general market access commitments with respect to services trade and commitments regarding government procurement of …