Tariff escalation and invasive species damages

Anh Thuy Tu, John Beghin () and Estelle Gozlan
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Anh Thuy Tu: FTU - Foreign Trade University, Hanoi, Vietnam

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Abstract: We investigate the interface between trade and damages from invasive species (IS), focusing on escalation in tariffs between raw-input and processed-good markets, and its implication for IS-based damages. The current tariff escalation in processed agro-forestry products motivates our analysis. Tariff escalation exacerbates the likelihood of IS introduction by biasing trade flows towards increased trade of primary commodity flows and against processed-product trade. We show that a reduction of tariff escalation, by lowering the tariff on processed goods increases allocative efficiency and reduces IS-based damages, a win-win situation. We also identify policy menus for trade reforms involving tariffs on both raw input and processed goods leading to win-win situations.

Keywords: ESCALADE TARIFAIRE; ESPECE ENVAHISSANTE; EXOTIC PEST; TARIFF ESCALATION; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; INVASIVE SPECIES; DAMAGE; FORESTRY (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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Published in Ecological Economics, 2008, 67 (4), pp.619-629. ⟨10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.01.013⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.01.013

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