When is trade protection good for growth?

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Abstract

The empirical relationship between trade protection and economic growth is surprisingly fragile, as shown in a number of other papers. We address one possible explanation for these findings: that the relationship is contingent on the pattern of comparative advantage, following the endogenous growth literature. Our findings suggest that such contingencies do in fact exist-in particular, the correlation between tariffs and growth is strong and positive for skill-abundant countries-and are robust to the choice of control variables. © 2012 Western Economic Association International.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Economic Inquiry

First Page

62

Last Page

71

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