The Structure of Protection and Growth in the Late 19th Century / Sibylle H. Lehmann, Kevin H. O'Rourke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lehmann, Sibylle H.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

O'Rourke, Kevin H.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w14493.

NBER working paper series no. w14493

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2008.

Summary:

Many papers have explored the relationship between average tariff rates and economic growth, when theory suggests that the structure of protection is what should matter. We therefore explore the relationship between economic growth and agricultural tariffs, industrial tariffs, and revenue tariffs, for a sample of relatively well-developed countries between 1875 and 1913. Industrial tariffs were positively correlated with growth. Agricultural tariffs were negatively correlated with growth, although the relationship was often statistically insignificant at conventional levels. There was no relationship between revenue tariffs and growth.

Notes:

Print version record

November 2008.