The macroeconomic effects of trade tariffs: Revisiting the Lerner symmetry result

We study the robustness of the Lerner symmetry result in an open economy New Keynesian model with price rigidities. While the Lerner symmetry result, i.e. the absence of allocative and trade-flow effects of an equally-sized change in import tariff and export subsidy, holds up approximately for a num...

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Main Authors: Lindé, J. (Author), Pescatori, A. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2019
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