Tariffs and the current account with short-run capital specificity

Kevin O'Rourke

doi:10.1016/0165-1765(89)90158-4

Tariffs and the current account with short-run capital specificity

Kevin O'Rourke

Economics

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Permanent tariff reductions are shown to result in a deterioration of the current account, even under intertemporal optimising by consumers. This is due to the assumption of short-run fixity and long-run mobility of capital.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	67-70
Number of pages	4
Journal	Economics Letters
Volume	30
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1765(89)90158-4
State	Published - 1989

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Economics and Econometrics

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