Trade effects of export taxes

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Export taxes usage has recently risen. They are widely presumed to affect trade, but the lack of data has prevented a systematic evaluation of their trade effects. Based on a new dataset of tax rates at the product level, this paper estimates the distortionary trade effects of export taxes. The results, which are based on theory-consistent estimation of a structural gravity model, indicate that the elasticity of trade quantities to tax is -1.8 on average, rising to -5.5 for extractive sectors. The effects are driven by homogeneous goods. The results suggest that the burden of export taxes is shared by exporters and importers and that export taxes play a role in the rise of world prices.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Working Paper ; No. 08/2013

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations ; International Policy Coordination and Transmission ; Development Planning and Policy: Trade Policy; Factor Movement; Foreign Exchange Policy ; Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation: Issues in International Trade ; Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
• Thema: export taxes ; export duties ; export restrictions ; export policy ; trade policy ; panel gravity models ; GATT/WTO ; Exportsteuer ; Handelseffekt ; WTO-Regeln ; Panel ; Gravitationsmodell ; Welt

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Solleder, Olga
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
• (wo): Geneva
• (wann): 2013

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/77436
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ