The purpose of this paper is to theoretically assess, from a welfare perspective, the desirability of uniform import … tariffs. Since the eruption of the debt crisis, many proposals for structural reforms in the developing countries have …

Governments in more developed economies partially compensate import-competing industries when world prices fall, i …-maker would respond to lower world prices by reducing tariff protection for an import-competing industry. An initial tariff that …

unique data set compiled from unpublished customs records of imports, tariffs and all other taxes levied at the border. It …