Tariffs

  • Rethinking the Optimal Tariff Theory

    Rethinking the Optimal Tariff Theory

    Using forty years of price data from the raw cane sugar market in New York City, trade economist Douglas Irwin finds that market demand responds asymmetrically to tariff increases versus tariff reductions.

  • Looking for the Losers in New-New Trade Theory

    Looking for the Losers in New-New Trade Theory

    Trade liberalization couldn’t raise wages, could it?