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A Welfare Comparison between VERS and Tariffs under the GATT

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  • Michael O. Moore
  • Steven M. Suranovic

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Economic theory suggests that tariffs are welfare-superior to voluntary export restraints in the presence of perfect competition. However, with perfectly competitive markets, some authors have found that voluntary export restraints may be welfare superior to tariffs. The authors reconsider the comparison between a voluntary export restraint and a tariff in the context of GATT-based constraints. Using a model of perfect competition, the authors show that a voluntary export restraint can welfare-dominate a tariff increase that is accompanied by a compensatory reduction in the tariff on another good or if the tariff is matched with a retaliatory tariff on domestic exports.

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  • Michael O. Moore & Steven M. Suranovic, 1993. "A Welfare Comparison between VERS and Tariffs under the GATT," Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Economics Association, vol. 26(2), pages 447-456, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:cje:issued:v:26:y:1993:i:2:p:447-56
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    1. Michael O. Moore, 1996. "Steel Protection in the 1980s: The Waning Influens of Big Steel?," NBER Chapters, in: The Political Economy of American Trade Policy, pages 73-132, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. Fuhmei Wang, 2011. "Who Bears the Burden of Voluntary Export Restraints?," Prague Economic Papers, Prague University of Economics and Business, vol. 2011(3), pages 216-231.

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