Natural Resource Dependence and Monopolized Imports

Rabah Arezki, Ha Nguyen, Tristan Reed (), Ana Fernandes () and Federico Merchán ()
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Tristan Reed: World Bank Group
Ana Fernandes: World Bank Group
Federico Merchán: CAU - Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel = Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel = Université Christian-Albrechts de Kiel

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Abstract: Countries with greater commodity export intensity have more concentrated markets for imported goods. Within countries over time, import market concentration is associated with higher domestic prices, suggesting that markups due to greater concentration outweigh any potential cost efficiency. Hydrocarbon fuel exporting economies especially have higher tariffs, tariff evasion, and non-tariff measures that concentrate markets. These results suggest a novel channel for the resource curse stemming from the monopolization of imports.

Keywords: Imports; Market concentration; Natural resources; Resource curse (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-05-01
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