• DOI:10.1162/rest.88.4.625
Corpus ID: 197260

Tariffs and Growth: An Empirical Exploration of Contingent Relationships

@article{DeJong2006TariffsAG,
  title={Tariffs and Growth: An Empirical Exploration of Contingent Relationships},
  author={D. N. DeJong and M. Ripoll},
  journal={The Review of Economics and Statistics},
  year={2006},
  volume={88},
  pages={625-640}
}

• D. N. DeJong, M. Ripoll
• Published 2006
• Economics
• The Review of Economics and Statistics

A large body of empirical research indicates that countries with low policy-induced trade barriers tend to enjoy rapid growth, ceteris paribus. In contrast, alternative theoretical models suggest that the relationship between trade barriers and growth may be contingent on the level of development. Employing a direct trade-barrier measuread valorem tariff rateswe find evidence of such a contingency: the marginal effect of tariffs on growth is declining in the level of per capita income. Moreover… Expand

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