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Tariff
About: Tariff is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 11995 publications have been published within this topic receiving 191068 citations. The topic is also known as: customs duty & tariffs.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the impact of competitive import licenses on the economy and the relationship between welfare cost of quantitative restrictions and tariff equivalents, and showed that the effect of wage legislation on equilibrium levels of unemployment.
Abstract: Studies the impact of competitive import licenses on the economy. Value of rents associated with import licenses; Relationship between welfare cost of quantitative restrictions and tariff equivalents; Impact of wage legislation on equilibrium levels of unemployment. (Из Ebsco)
4,933 citations
TL;DR: This paper found little evidence that open trade policies are significantly associated with economic growth, in the sense of lower tariff and nontariff barriers to trade, and showed that the indicators of openness used by researchers are poor measures of trade barriers or are highly correlated with other sources of bad economic performance.
Abstract: Do countries with lower policy-induced barriers to international trade grow faster, once other relevant country characteristics are controlled for? There exists a large empirical literature providing an affirmative answer to this question. We argue that methodological problems with the empirical strategies employed in this literature leave the results open to diverse interpretations. In many cases, the indicators of openness used by researchers are poor measures of trade barriers or are highly correlated with other sources of bad economic performance. In other cases, the methods used to ascertain the link between trade policy and growth have serious shortcomings. Papers that we review include those by Dollar (1992), Ben-David (1993), Sachs and Warner (1995), Edwards (1998), and Frankel and Romer (1999). We find little evidence that open trade policies-in the sense of lower tariff and nontariff barriers to trade-are significantly associated with economic growth.
2,706 citations
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01 Jan 1951
TL;DR: Grossman as discussed by the authors discusses the compatibility of Customs Union with the Most-Favored-nation Principle and argues that the most favored-nation principle is not a serious barrier to Customs Unions.
Abstract: Acknowledgements Preface by Gene Grossman Foreword by George A Finch Introduction by Paul Oslington I Introduction II The Compatibility of Customs Union with the Most-Favored-Nation Principle 1 The Criteria of a "Customs Union" 2 Diplomatic Controversies Arising out of Most-Favored-Nation obligations of Members of Customs Unions 3 The Most-Favored-Nation Principle Not a Serious Barrier to Customs Unions III Exemption from Most-Favored-Nation Obligations of Preferential Arrangements other than Customs Union 1 Imperial Preference 2 Regional Agreements 3 Plurilateral Agreements IV The Economics of Customs Unions 1 Customs Union as an Approach to Free Trade 2 Customs Union and the "Terms of Trade" 3 Administrative Economies of Customs Union 4 Revenue Duties 5 The " of the Customs Union Tariff 6 Increased Tariff Protection as the Major Economic Objective of Customs Unions 7 Cartels in Relation to Customs Unions 8 The Allocation of Customs Revenues V Political Aspects of Customs Unions 1 The Location of Administrative Authority in Customs Unions 2 Customs Union and Neutrality Obligations 3 Customs Union and Political Unification 4 The Austro-German Treaty of 1918 VI The Havana Charter and Customs Union 1 The Most-Favored-Nation Principle 2 Exemptions from Most-Favored-Nation Obligations of Customs Unions, Free-Trade Areas, and Interim Agreements 3 Exemptions from Most-Favored-Nation Obligations of Agreements in the Interest of Economic Development, Including Regional Agreements 4 Relations with Non-Members 5 Significance of the Havana Charter for the Customs Union Question VII Prospects for Customs Unions 1 Customs Unions Now in Operation or in Active Process of Negotiation 2 Customs Union in Western Europe 3 Obstacles to the Formation of Customs Unions Bibliography Index
1,511 citations
TL;DR: The striking growth in the trade share of output is one of the most important developments in the world economy since World War II and two features of this growth present challenges to the standard tr...
Abstract: The striking growth in the trade share of output is one of the most important developments in the world economy since World War II. Two features of this growth present challenges to the standard tr...
985 citations
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TL;DR: This article examined the effects of India's trade reforms in the early 1990s on firm productivity in the manufacturing sector, focusing on the interaction between this policy shock and firm and environment characteristics.
Abstract: Using a panel of firm-level data, this paper examines the effects of India's trade reforms in the early 1990s on firm productivity in the manufacturing sector, focusing on the interaction between this policy shock and firm and environment characteristics The rapid and comprehensive tariff reductions--part of an IMF-supported adjustment program with India in 1991--allow us to establish a causal link between variations in inter-industry and inter-temporal tariffs and consistently estimated firm productivity Specifically, reductions in trade protectionism lead to higher levels and growth of firm productivity, with this effect strongest for private companies Interestingly, state-level characteristics, such as labor regulations, investment climate, and financial development, do not appear to influence the effect of trade liberalization on firm productivity
902 citations