Revenue-enhancing Trade Liberalization in Developing Countries

Arijit Mukherjee and M. Emranul Haque ()

Economics Bulletin, 2009, vol. 29, issue 3, 2275-2281

Abstract: Recovering revenue loss due to the reduction in import tariffs is a major concern of many developing economies. In an economy with free entry, which affects the product market competition, we show that, even if there is no other tax reform such as a profit tax reform, the market mechanism itself takes care of the loss of government revenue following a tariff reduction if entry is sufficiently costly. A compensatory profit tax to compensate the loss of government revenue following a tariff reduction is required for an intermediate level of entry cost. If the entry cost is very small, the loss of government revenue following a tariff reduction cannot be compensated even with a profit tax reform. Hence, the net effect of a tariff reduction on government revenue therefore depends on how much tariff and tax revenues are created by entry, which is affected by changes in both the tariff rate and the profit tax rate.

Keywords: Free Entry; Entry Cost; Trade Liberalization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F1 H2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-09-11
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