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Are uniform tariffs optimal?

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Trade Theory, Analytical Models and Development, comprises 11 essays offering new contributions on the following topics: trade and wages; factor endowments, factor mobility and political economy of trade; optimality of tariffs; measurement of welfare; customs union theory; endogenous mergers and tariffs; intra-industry trade; state trading enterprises and trade liberalisation; general equilibrium effects of e-Commerce, and trade; economic growth with production and consumption externalities; and environmental pollution and resource degradation.

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  • Mary Amiti, 2005. "Are uniform tariffs optimal?," Chapters, in: Sisira Jayasuriya (ed.), Trade Theory, Analytical Models and Development, chapter 3, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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