Non-Tariff Barriers, Enforcement, and Revenues: The Use of Anti-Dumping as a Revenue Generating Trade Policy

摘要: In contrast to developed countries, developing nations are especially reliant on trade taxes, particularly tariffs, as a source of government revenue. As such, tariff liberalization provides them with an incentive switch towards other revenue generating barriers such anti-dumping duties. The effectiveness this is potentially limited due the greater enforcement challenges exporter specific relative broad-based tariffs. We examine by estimating impact measures for 82 importing countries from 2008-2014. find that anti-dumping's effects larger policy enforcement, in low income countries. Although results somewhat sensitive measure our overall findings indicate weak combined shift non-tariff like likely lower revenues and hamper their ability provide infrastructure education needed development.