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Welfare Effects of Protection and Economies of Scale - The Case of The Australian Automotive Industry

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  • MoonJoong Tcha

    (Department of Economics, The University of Western Australia)

  • Takashi Kuriyama

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The existence of economies of scale requires different interpretations of the welfare effect of protection on the industry from conventional analyses. This paper finds that the Australian automotive industry has economies of scale, and carries out relevant welfare analysis of tariff. Using the fully modified Phillips-Hansen method, the paper estimates long-run elasticities and changes in consumer and producer surplus by tariffs. With the presence of economies of scale, it is reported that the net deadweight effect of tariffs is relatively small, while the redistribution effects of tariffs are substantial. Also, it is found that the argument that tariffs protect domestic employment is not plausible in the Australian automotive case, due to the existence of economies of scale.

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  • MoonJoong Tcha & Takashi Kuriyama, 2002. "Welfare Effects of Protection and Economies of Scale - The Case of The Australian Automotive Industry," Economics Discussion / Working Papers 02-11, The University of Western Australia, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    Australian automobile industry; protection; economies of scale; welfare effects;
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    JEL classification:

    • F12 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies; Fragmentation
    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade

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