Illusory revenues: Import tariffs in resource-rich and aid-rich economies.

Where imports are financed predominantly by rents from resource extraction or aid the revenue generated by tariffs is illusory. Revenue earned by the tariff is offset by a reduction in the real value of aid and resource rents. Revenue is however moved between accounts in the government budget which,...

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Main Authors: Collier, P, Venables, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011