Costly revenue-raising and the case for favoring import-competing industries

Journal of International Economics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 143-157

  Matschke, Xenia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Costly taxation; Political economy; Protection for sale; Tariffs; Trade policy

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; IMPORT; MODELING; POLITICAL ECONOMY; TARIFF STRUCTURE; TAX SYSTEM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349000937     PISSN: 00221996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinteco.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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