EconPapers    
Economics at your fingertips  
 

The optimal tariff structure and foreign penetration

Susumu Cato

Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics, 2017, vol. 24, issue 1-2, 83-94

Abstract: This study investigates tariff policies as a means of improving economic welfare. The government sets the tariff so as to maximize domestic welfare against foreign penetration. We examine the relationship between the optimal tariff structure and the degree of penetration. We find that the optimal tariff rate is non-monotonically related with the degree of penetration (inverse U-shape). We also show that intermediate degrees of foreign penetration are harmful for economic welfare.

Date: 2017
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/16081625.2016.1188454 (text/html)
Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:raaexx:v:24:y:2017:i:1-2:p:83-94

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.tandfonline.com/pricing/journal/raae20

DOI: 10.1080/16081625.2016.1188454

Access Statistics for this article

Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics is currently edited by Yin-Wong Cheung, Hong Hwang, Jeong-Bon Kim, Shu-Hsing Li and Suresh Radhakrishnan

More articles in Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting & Economics from Taylor & Francis Journals
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Chris Longhurst (chris.longhurst@tandf.co.uk).

 
Page updated 2024-12-29
Handle: RePEc:taf:raaexx:v:24:y:2017:i:1-2:p:83-94