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100 Years of Tariff Protection in Australia

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Peter Llyod
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This paper presents time series of tariff rates in Australia from the time of Federation. As a preliminary to the construction of economy-wide series, it constructs series for three broadly representative goods throughout the 100 years; passenger motor vehicles, blankets and beer. It then constructs two economy-wide series, one for all imports and another for dutiable imports only. It discusses the main events relating to turning points in the series and concludes with some applications

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Paper provided by The University of Melbourne in its series Department of Economics - Working Papers Series with number 1023.

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Date of creation: 2007
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Keywords: protection; tariff rates; Australia;

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F1 - International Economics - - Trade
N6 - Economic History - - Manufacturing and Construction
N7 - Economic History - - Economic History: Transport, International and Domestic Trade, Energy, and Other Services

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  1. Anderson, Kym, 1980. "The Political Market for Government Assistance to Australian Manufacturing Industries," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 56(153), pages 132-44, June.
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