A Political Economy Appraisal of the ‘Employment-Tariff’ Proposition

Ali M. El-Agraa

Chapter 5 in Trade Theory and Policy, 1984, pp 54-59 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In the previous chapter, I demonstrated that: orthodox international trade theory can be extended to include unemployment without damaging any of its basic propositions; the proposition that import restrictions will promote economic expansion is correct, albeit only in very limited circumstances; but import controls are, in principle, inferior to alternative policies. To be brief, my overall conclusion was that the ‘employment-tariff’ proposition makes theoretical sense, albeit not in generally valid terms, but the justification for its use as a policy recommendation depends entirely on practical considerations: it does not flow naturally from the theoretical base.

Date: 1984
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-06943-9_5

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