Tariff revenue competition in a free trade area
Tariff revenue competition in a free trade area
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自贸区关税收入竞争
DOI：
10.1016/0014-2921(94)00104-8
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发表时间：
1995
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Martin Richardson
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作者：
Martin Richardson
本说明认为，自由贸易区（FTA）分析的重要结果来自这样一种观察，即在没有运输成本的情况下，即使对外关税不同，FTA成员国之间的生产者价格也必须相等。特别是，众所周知的自由贸易协定的关税外部性加剧了内部贸易偏转和对外关税收入的竞争。因此，自由贸易协定将涉及比预期更低的对外关税。我们举例说明了一个极端的情况下，自由贸易协定之间的相同的合作伙伴，其中的均衡，如果它存在，是一个零对外关税。
This note argues that important consequences for the analysis of free trade areas (FTAs) follow from the observation that, with no transport costs, producer prices must be equalised across member countries of a FTA, even if external tariffs differ. In particular, the well-known tariff externality of a FTA is exacerbated by internal trade deflection and competition for external tariff revenues. Consequently, a FTA will involve lower external tariffs than might otherwise be expected. We illustrate an extreme case of a FTA between identical partners wherein equilibrium, if it exists at all, is one of zero external tariffs.