Note on Agricultural Tariffs and National Welfare: Conditions for Free Trade

José Mèndez Naya Méndez Naya () and Luciano Méndez Naya ()
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José Mèndez Naya Méndez Naya: Universidade Da Coruña Facultade de Ciencias Económicas e Empresariais, Postal: C/ Maestranza S/N, 15001 A Coruña, Spain, http://www.udc.es/
Luciano Méndez Naya: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Faculty of Economic Science and Business Studies, Postal: Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña 15704, Spain, ,, http://www.usc.es/en/

Economia Internazionale / International Economics, 2001, vol. 54, issue 4, 557-563

Abstract: Application of a simple mode! of international trade to analysis of the effects of agricultural tariffs on the welfare of nations shows that a nation producing less than its trade partner is always strictly better off when equilibrium tariffs are imposed than under free trade, which is therefore not sustainable.

Keywords: Commercial Policy; Imperfect Competition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F12 F13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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