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This paper uses a new dataset on the universe of Canadian imports and tariffs between 1924 and 1936, disaggregated into … tariffs which varied substantially across goods, trade partners, and time. We develop a novel method of controlling for … the impact of tariffs on trade flows. The overall impact of post-1929 tariff shifts, including the 1932 agreements, was …
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the world's trading system. This paper deals with the impact on the German economy of some changes that might have been …
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We examine the role of political factors in Mexico’s antidumping regime, considering both the characteristics of target countries subject to antidumping duties and industry-specific factors for sectors receiving protection. Our results are broadly consistent with the recent theoretical...
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The paper reexamines the conventional results relating to inflow of foreign capital, removal of protectionism and structural reform programmes, in a small open economy in terms of a two-sector general equilibrium model with an informal sector. The paper shows that in the presence of labour...
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from paying tariffs. Both imported input and export prices rise. The effect on export prices is specific to firms sourcing …
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In this paper, we examine an innovative postal export regime that involves both a streamlining of export procedures and provision of intermediation services to investigate how firms' react to changing trade costs and whether and how these firms learn. In so doing, we use a unique dataset that...
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India and Pakistan are the leading textile trading nations in the world. Among the major sectors, the textile and … higher tariffs by way of being in India's sensitive list are much higher than that for Pakistan. Bilateral trade is more …
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, margin of trade between Japan and China after China's entry into the World Trade Organization in 2001. The new goods account …
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distinguish between productivity gains arising from lower tariffs on final goods relative to lower tariffs on intermediate inputs …. Lower output tariffs can produce productivity gains by inducing tougher import competition whereas cheaper imported inputs … reducing input tariffs. A 10 percentage point fall in output tariffs increases productivity by about 1 percent, whereas an …
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