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This article offers a critical survey of the recent contributions on the ?tariff-growth paradox? (also known as ?Bairoch paradox?). The publication in 2000 of an important article by K. O?Rourke has sparked a lively debate on the linkages between trade policy and economic growth during the...
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The principle of tariffs dispersion, or differential tariffs depending on country of origin, is well known. For instance, Canada adapted a double column of tariffs after 1846, Spain in 1877, and Switzerland in the 1880–1890s. But there has never before been a comprehensive measure for any...
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We explore changes in product quality during France's major liberalization episode of the mid-nineteenth century. Using new data and existing techniques from the international trade literature, we investigate the relative quality of French products versus those of international competitors,...
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