Closing the Technology Gap under Protection

Kaz Miyagiwa () and Yuka Ohno

American Economic Review, 1995, vol. 85, issue 4, 755-70

Abstract: This paper explores the linkage between protection and the speed with which a protected firm adopts new technology. Of primary importance here is the distinction between permanent and temporary protection on the one hand, and between tariffs and quotas on the other. The authors find that a permanent tariff speeds up adoption but a permanent quota delays adoption unless the quota is highly restrictive. However, temporary protection (i.e., protection that remains effective until the firm adopts new technology) always delays the timing of technology adoption. Copyright 1995 by American Economic Association.

Date: 1995
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (62)

Downloads: (external link)
http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8282%2819950 ... O%3B2-W&origin=repec full text (application/pdf)
Access to full text is restricted to JSTOR subscribers. See http://www.jstor.org for details.

Related works:
Working Paper: Closing the Technology Gap Under Protection (1993)
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:aea:aecrev:v:85:y:1995:i:4:p:755-70

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
https://www.aeaweb.org/journals/subscriptions

Access Statistics for this article

American Economic Review is currently edited by Esther Duflo

More articles in American Economic Review from American Economic Association Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Michael P. Albert ().