2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2011.02118.x
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Why Are Trade Barriers So Low?

Abstract: The political economy literature suggests that tariff rates should be high because the gains to producers from protection are enormous while the welfare costs are small. This paper presents and evaluates six possible explanations for the relatively low tariffs we see today in most developed countries.

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Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…89 Furthermore, he appears at times to have sported a tricolour cockade, to have sympathized with Napoleon, and to have wished the extension of the French Revolution across the Channel. 90 None of this may be termed 'statistically significant' as the sample size is both small and selfselecting, yet the propensity is marked.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 97%