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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Import tariffs and transport prices |
Author: | Staehler, F. Boddin, D. |
Citation: | Canadian Journal of Economics, 2023; 1-41 |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Issue Date: | 2023 |
ISSN: | 0008-4085 1540-5982 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Dominik Boddin, Frank Stähler |
Abstract: | This paper discusses how import tariffs interact with transport prices in episodes of trade liberalization. We develop a model of a transport industry that operates under imperfect competition and economies of scale. Double marginalization due to market power reduces the effects of trade liberalization, while a larger trade volume may support them due to economies of scale. We use a large data set of maritime transport data and combine it with tariff data to find that economies of scale beat market power: a decline in the tariff implies a decline in freight rates. |
Keywords: | Import tariffs; trade liberalization; trade costs; transport costs |
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Rights: | Copyright status unknown |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP190103524 |
Published version: | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/loi/15405982 |
Appears in Collections: | Economics publications |
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