Trade taxes and the current account

Assaf Razin; Lars E.O. Svensson

doi:10.1016/0165-1765(83)90011-3

Trade taxes and the current account

Assaf Razin^*, Lars E.O. Svensson

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School of Economics

Stockholm University

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We show that, under some conditions, a temporary import tariff improves the current account, whereas a temporary export tax deteriorates it. Permanent import tariffs and export taxes have an identical, although ambiguous, effect on the current account.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	55-57
Number of pages	3
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	13
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1765(83)90011-3
State	Published - 1983

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