The Tariff‐Jumping Argument and Location Theory

Hong Hwang and Chao‐cheng Mai

Review of International Economics, 2002, vol. 10, issue 2, 361-368

Abstract: When examining the tariff‐jumping effect, the literature emphasizes the cost‐induced effect, which states that a foreign firm has an incentive to jump over the tariff wall in order to locate in a foreign territory, and thereby escape tariffs. The authors set up a location model to show what they refer to as the location‐induced effect on tariff‐jumping. This location‐induced effect, together with the traditional cost‐induced effect, makes tariff‐jumping more (less) likely to take place when the production function in question exhibits decreasing (increasing) returns to scale.

Date: 2002
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