Macroeconomic Consequences of Tariffs

Davide Furceri, Swarnali Hannan, Jonathan Ostry and Andrew Rose

No 2019/009, IMF Working Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: We study the macroeconomic consequences of tariffs. We estimate impulse response functions from local projections using a panel of annual data that spans 151 countries over 1963-2014. We find that tariff increases lead, in the medium term, to economically and statistically significant declines in domestic output and productivity. Tariff increases also result in more unemployment, higher inequality, and real exchange rate appreciation, but only small effects on the trade balance. The effects on output and productivity tend to be magnified when tariffs rise during expansions, for advanced economies, and when tariffs go up, not down. Our results are robust to a large number of perturbations to our methodology, and we complement our analysis with industry-level data.

Keywords: WP; sensitivity analysis; protection; output; productivity; unemployment; inequality; exchange rate; trade balance.; tariff change; output tariff effect; tariff increase; input tariff; tariff consequence; tariff rate; Tariffs; Trade balance; Real exchange rates; Protectionism; Global; Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 57
Date: 2019-01-15
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Working Paper: Macroeconomic Consequences of Tariffs (2018)
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