This paper presents a new global tariff database covering tariffs at the six-digit product level for 197 importing … data and misreporting, almost doubling the number of available tariffs from 2.9 to 5.7 billion. The improvement in the data … tariffs around the world improving our understanding of how countries set tariffs substantially. …

principle, tariffs could be an effective deterrent for weak protections for intellectual property. Moreover, weakening … enforcement may be a strong deterrent for raising tariffs. These results combined indicate that there is scope for international …

Rising globalization has exerted a downward pressure on global tariffs, thereby eroding tariff revenues in developing … nations. We analyse how gains from lowering import tariffs are distributed within the firm and the corresponding tax (base … profits, sales, capital, and wages with respect to import tariffs. Using linked employer-employee data and firmproduct …