The costs of restrictive trade policies in the presence of factor tax distortions

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 147-170

  Parry, Ian W H ^a  

^a RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Import quotas; Pre existing tax distortions; Tariffs; Welfare costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042867422     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011268619072     Document Type: Article

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