Revenue Implications of Trade Liberalization

By Reint Gropp, Liam P. Ebrill, Janet Gale Stotsky

July 22, 1999

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Reint Gropp, Liam P. Ebrill, and Janet Gale Stotsky. Revenue Implications of Trade Liberalization, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1999) accessed December 22, 2024

Summary

The apparent contradiction between trade liberalization and continuing high trade tax revenue raises the important question of how, precisely, the one affects the other. Although policymakers generally recognize the long-term benefits of trade liberalization, some have argued for at least a slower pace, in part because of revenue concerns. This paper seeks to address these issues in three complimentary ways: through an overview of the factors that may have a bearing on the question, through a review of trends in trade tax revenue both globally and in selected countries, and through econometric analysis.

Subject: Imports, International trade, Revenue administration, Tariffs, Taxes, Taxes on trade, Trade liberalization

Keywords: Africa, Asia and Pacific, Central Africa, Imports, Liberalization, Liberalization process, Middle East, OP, Reform, Tariff rate, Tariffs, Tax, Taxes on trade, Trade, Trade liberalization, Trade liberalization, Trade reform, Trade tax, Western Hemisphere

Publication Details

Pages:

47
Volume:

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Series:

Occasional Paper No. 1999/007
Stock No:

S180EA0000000
ISBN:

9781557758132
ISSN:

0251-6365

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