Does a larger country set a higher optimal tariff with monopolistic competition and capital accumulation?

Takumi Naito

Economics Letters, 2022, vol. 216, issue C

Abstract: In a two-country endogenous growth model with monopolistic competition and capital accumulation, we show that: (i) a country’s optimal tariff is positive; and (ii) a more productive, and hence an economically larger, country sets a lower optimal tariff.

Keywords: Large country; Optimal tariff; Monopolistic competition; Capital accumulation; Endogenous growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F13 F43 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110566

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