Clemens, Michael A.; Williamson, Jeffrey G. - 2021
sources. We explore the impact of colonial rule and unequal treaties' on Asian tariffs, as well as the impact of geography and … political economy on Latin American tariffs. Limits to tariff policy autonomy explain one third of the vast difference between … the two regions' tariffs before 1914; differences in the extent and structure of internal markets as well as the world …