Tariff Reductions, Heterogeneous Firms, and Welfare: Theory and Evidence for the Last Two Decades

Lorenzo Caliendo, Robert C. Feenstra, John Romalis and Alan M. Taylor

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The tariff dataset downloaded from this site should be referenced to:

Caliendo, Lorenzo, Robert  C.  Feenstra, John Romalis and Alan M. Taylor. 2023. “Tariff Reductions, Heterogeneous Firms, and Welfare:  Theory and Evidence for the Last Two Decades.” IMF Economic Review, DOI 10.1057/s41308-022-00194-4, published online January 11, 2023.

A Second-Best Argument for Low Optimal Tariffs on Intermediate Inputs

Lorenzo Caliendo, Robert C. Feenstra, John Romalis and Alan M. Taylor

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Lorenzo Caliendo, Robert C. Feenstra, John Romalis and Alan M. Taylor, “A Second-Best Argument for Low Optimal Tariffs,” 2023,  Journal of International Economics, forthcoming.