A rehabilitation of effective protection

Roy Ruffin

The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 2008, vol. 17, issue 3, 333-342

Abstract: This note argues that the declining interest in the theory of effective protection is not justified, shows how the existence of intermediate goods affects the basic economics of tariffs, gives a simple proof of the symmetry of export subsidies and import duties with intermediate goods, and then applies the theory to analyze a potential route to free trade that could have minimal objections from special interests.

Keywords: effective production; intermediate goods; Lerner-Ricardo symmetry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1080/09638190802136945

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