| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP5551 |
| DP5551 Social Desirability of Earning Tests | |
| Pierre Pestieau; Helmuth Cremer; Jean-Marie Lozachmeur | |
| 发表日期 | 2006-03-12 |
| 出版年 | 2006 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | The theoretical debate over whether countries can and should set tariffs in response to export elasticities goes back over a century to the writings of Edgeworth (1894) and Bickerdike (1907). Despite the optimal tariff argument's centrality in debates over trade policy, there exists no evidence about whether countries actually apply it when setting tariffs. We estimate disaggregate export elasticities and find evidence that countries that are not members of the World Trade Organization systematically set higher tariffs on goods that are supplied inelastically. The result is robust to the inclusion of political economy variables and a variety of model specifications. Moreover, we find that countries with higher aggregate market power have on average higher tariffs. In short, we find strong evidence in favour of the optimal tariff argument. |
| 主题 | International Trade and Regional Economics |
| 关键词 | Wto Gatt International trade Optimal tariffs Trade policy |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp5551 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/534396 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Pierre Pestieau,Helmuth Cremer,Jean-Marie Lozachmeur. DP5551 Social Desirability of Earning Tests. 2006. |
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