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production. In this context, tariff policy design needs to consider the impact downstream of changes in tariffs upstream. Policy … downstream? What are the key input tariffs that could be reduced to lower production costs in priority sectors considering … Excel-based tool designed to help policy makers answer these questions, by combining information on tariffs and input …
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Although there are many news articles of tariff dodging via the re-routing of made-in-China goods through third countries, relabeling these goods as made in Mexico or made in Vietnam, there have been no scientific studies on this issue. This paper provides statistical evidence regarding whether...
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panel estimates indicate that firms' import response to tariffs is particularly adverse for products associated with green …
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database, the Household Impacts of Tariffs data set, which contains harmonized household survey and tariff data for 54 low- and … services. Using a stylized model of the first-order impacts of import tariffs on household real income, this paper quantifies … the welfare implications of agricultural trade protection. On average, unilateral elimination of agricultural tariffs …
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and productivity impacts are magnified when tariffs rise during expansions and when they are imposed by more advanced or … smaller (as opposed to developing or larger) economies; effects are asymmetric, being larger when tariffs go up than when they …
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This paper quantifies the distortions from specific tariffs levied by the EU. The most-favored-nation (MFN) specific … tariffs levied by the EU translate into higher tariff barriers for poor countries exporting low price goods. We show that for … poor countries, these higher tariff barriers from specific tariffs offset the gains from preferential tariffs. We apply a …
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to raise applied tariffs against fellow integration partners above those promised. In this paper, we examine whether the … - the difference between Most Favoured Nation (MFN) bound tariffs and effectively applied tariffs - for African members of …
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This study provides an ex ante short-run impact analysis of tariff liberalisation in the context of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) customs union regarding tariff revenue and import values. As with other customs union on...
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tariffs. …
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