Tariff reforms with rigid wages

Rod Falvey; Udo Kreickemeier

doi:10.1007/s00199-008-0382-4

Tariff reforms with rigid wages

Rod Falvey
, Udo Kreickemeier^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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This paper analyses the effects of tariff reforms on welfare and market access in a competitive small open economy, which is characterised by involuntary unemployment due to non-market clearing wages that are fixed either in terms of the numeraire or in real terms. We show that recent tariff-reform results can be extended to integrated reforms of tariffs and the wage rate, and that the inherent tension between reforms that increase welfare and market access carries over. We also derive welfare increasing tariff-reform strategies that keep the wage rate constant and show that this tension may be attenuated.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	23-39
Number of pages	17
Journal	Economic Theory
Volume	41
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00199-008-0382-4
Publication status	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes

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