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The Protective Effect of a Tariff Under Uncertainty

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  • Razin, Assaf
  • Helpman, Elhanan

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We examine the protective effect of a tariff in a small economy with uncertainty and a stock market in which shares of firms are traded. In a deterministic economy, the allocation of resources is governed by commodity prices; in our economy, it is governed by equity prices and is dependent on commodity prices only to the extent that they influence equity prices. We show that in the absence of international trade in securities a tariff need not protect the import competing sector. In the presence of international trade in securities, a tariff always protects the import competing sector.

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  • Razin, Assaf & Helpman, Elhanan, 1978. "The Protective Effect of a Tariff Under Uncertainty," Scholarly Articles 3445093, Harvard University Department of Economics.
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    1. Elhanan Helpman & Assaf Razin, 1978. "Welfare Aspects of International Trade in Goods and Securities," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 92(3), pages 489-508.
    2. Elhanan Helpman & Assaf Razin, 1978. "Uncertainty and International Trade in the Presence of Stock Markets," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 45(2), pages 239-250.
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    3. Coyle, Barry & Chambers, Robert G. & Schmitz, Andrew, 1986. "Economic Gains from Agricultural Trade: A Review and Bibliography," Miscellaneous Publications 319990, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

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