Consequences of a commercial policy on the wood sector: France and the Meline policy of 1892

Les conséquences de la politique commerciale sur la filière bois: La France et la politique Méline de 1892

Stephane Becuwe, Bertrand Blancheton, Bossoma Doriane N'Doua, Christophe Leveque and Samuel Maveyraud
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Stephane Becuwe: BSE - Bordeaux Sciences Economiques - UB - Université de Bordeaux - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Bertrand Blancheton: BSE - Bordeaux Sciences Economiques - UB - Université de Bordeaux - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Bossoma Doriane N'Doua: BSE - Bordeaux Sciences Economiques - UB - Université de Bordeaux - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Christophe Leveque: BSE - Bordeaux Sciences Economiques - UB - Université de Bordeaux - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Samuel Maveyraud: BSE - Bordeaux Sciences Economiques - UB - Université de Bordeaux - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: This article mobilises new customs data from the Third Republic in order to discuss the impact of a protectionist shock – the Méline tariff of 1892 – on French wood imports and exports (minus ⁓65 million francs per year). We show that the massive increase of the customs duty from 0.11 to 12.74% represented a fiscal boon for the State and decreased imports. Furthermore, preventive imports occurred in 1891 before the tariff was implemented. We also discuss the effect of this tariff on the evolution of the wood resource and the wood sector. Contrary to the concerns of certain contemporaries, the Méline tariff does not seem to have led to resource overexploitation.

Keywords: Protectionism; Foreign trade; Méline tariff; Third Republic; protectionnisme; commerce extérieur; tarif Méline; troisième République (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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Published in Revue forestière française, 2023, 74 (4), pp.507-522. ⟨10.20870/revforfr.2023.7901⟩

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DOI: 10.20870/revforfr.2023.7901

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