Welfare vs. Market Access: The Implications of Tariff Structure for Tariff Reform.
We show that the effects of tariff changes on welfare and import volume can be fully characterized by their effects on the generalized mean and variance of the tariff distribution. Using these tools, we derive new results for welfare- and market-access-improving tariff changes, which imply two '...
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| Format: | Working paper |
| Language: | English |
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National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2004
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