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Politically Optimal Tariffs : An Application to Egypt

Egyptian economic history has been influenced by the import-substitution industrialization approach to development, dating back to Gamal Abdel Nasser's Pan-Arabic and socialist movement in the 1950s. Two major waves of liberalization have mark...

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Main Authors:	Madani, Dorsati, Olarreaga, Marcelo
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	OPTIMAL TAXATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TARIFF AGREEMENTS TARIFF POLICY TARIFF STRUCTURES ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES FREE TRADE TARIFF REDUCTIONS EUROPEAN UNION PROTECTIVE TARIFFS EXTERNAL TRADE AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE APPLIED TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFFS BILATERAL AGREEMENTS CAPITAL GOODS COMMAND ECONOMY COMMODITY EXPORTS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMERS CURRENCY CUSTOMS DEMAND FOR GOODS DEVELOPMENT DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC PRODUCERS DOMESTIC PRODUCTION DUTY FREE ECONOMIC DISTORTIONS ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMIC INCENTIVES ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC RESOURCES ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EQUILIBRIUM EXCHANGE RATE EXPORT BIAS EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS EXPORT MARKET EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTERNAL TARIFF EXTERNAL TARIFFS EXTERNAL TRADE FINAL GOODS FISHERIES FOREIGN MARKETS FOREIGN TRADE FREE ACCESS FREE TRADE AREA FREE TRADE AREAS HIGH TARIFFS IMPORT PENETRATION IMPORTS INCOME INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRIALIZATION INDUSTRY TRADE INSURANCE INTEREST RATES INTERMEDIATE GOODS INTERMEDIATE INPUTS LABOR MARKETS MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARGINAL PRODUCTIVITY MARKET ACCESS MONOPOLIES NET IMPORTS NON-TARIFF BARRIERS OIL OPTIMAL TARIFFS POLITICAL ECONOMY PREFERENTIAL ACCESS PREFERENTIAL TRADE PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS PROTECTIONIST PRESSURES QUOTAS RATES OF PROTECTION REDISTRIBUTIVE EFFECTS REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS REGIONAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION RENT SEEKING RESOURCE ALLOCATION RULES OF ORIGIN STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT TARIFF BARRIERS TARIFF CONCESSIONS TARIFF CUTS TARIFF ESCALATION TARIFF LEVELS TARIFF PROTECTION TARIFF RATES TARIFF REDUCTION TARIFF REFORM TARIFF REVENUE TARIFF SCHEDULE TARIFF STRUCTURE TOURISM TRADE TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE BLOCS TRADE DIVERSION TRADE PARTNER TRADE POLICIES TRADE POLICY TRADE REFORM TRADE REFORMS TRADE REGIME URUGUAY ROUND VALUE ADDED WTO ZERO TARIFFS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/09/2004283/politically-optimal-tariffs-application-egypt http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19278

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/09/2004283/politically-optimal-tariffs-application-egypt
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19278