Tariffs, intermediate goods, and domestic protection : comment (English)

Contrary to recent contentions, effective protection theory is valid in a general equilibrium framework, and efficiency proportions of the current definitions of effective tariff are unbiased. The analysis reestablishes the traditional conclusion obtained in models incorporating final goods only, according to which productive efficiency requires the equality of all tariffs and subsidies for the case when intermediate goods are introduced. Overall...

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BALASSA, B.;
Document Date
1970/01/31
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Staff Working Paper
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SWP54
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1
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1
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2010/07/12
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Disclosed
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Tariffs, intermediate goods, and domestic protection : comment
Keywords
productive efficiency

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BALASSA, B..

Tariffs, intermediate goods, and domestic protection : comment (English). Staff working paper ; no. SWP 54 Washington, D.C. : The World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/936291468173399379

Tariffs, intermediate goods, and domestic protection : comment (English)

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