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来源类型 | Working Paper |
规范类型 | 报告 |
DOI | 10.3386/w19689 |
来源ID | Working Paper 19689 |
Comparative Advantage and Optimal Trade Policy | |
Arnaud Costinot; Dave Donaldson; Jonathan Vogel; Ivan Werning | |
发表日期 | 2013-12-05 |
出版年 | 2013 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | The theory of comparative advantage is at the core of neoclassical trade theory. Yet we know little about its implications for how nations should conduct their trade policy. For example, should import sectors with weaker comparative advantage be protected more? Conversely, should export sectors with stronger comparative advantage be subsidized less? In this paper we take a first stab at exploring these issues. Our main results imply that in the context of a canonical Ricardian model, optimal import tariffs should be uniform, whereas optimal export subsidies should be weakly decreasing with respect to comparative advantage, reflecting the fact that countries have more room to manipulate prices in their comparative-advantage sectors. Quantitative exercises suggest substantial gains from such policies relative to simpler tax schedules. |
主题 | International Economics ; Trade |
URL | https://www.nber.org/papers/w19689 |
来源智库 | National Bureau of Economic Research (United States) |
引用统计 | |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/577364 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Arnaud Costinot,Dave Donaldson,Jonathan Vogel,et al. Comparative Advantage and Optimal Trade Policy. 2013. |
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