Voluntary Export Restraints on Automobiles: Evaluating a Trade Policy

James Levinsohn, Steven Berry () and Ariel Pakes

American Economic Review, 1999, vol. 89, issue 3, 400-430

Abstract: The authors evaluate the voluntary export restraint that was initially placed on exports of automobiles from Japan in 1981. They evaluate the impact this policy had on U.S. consumer welfare, firm profits, and foregone tariff revenue from its initiation through 1990.

JEL-codes: F13 L62 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
Note: DOI: 10.1257/aer.89.3.400
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