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The Infant Industry Argument: Tariffs, NTMs and Innovation
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| Title: | The Infant Industry Argument: Tariffs, NTMs and Innovation | Authors: | Bagayev, Igor; Davies, Ronald B. | Permanent link: | http://hdl.handle.net/10197/8364 | Date: | Jan-2017 | Online since: | 2017-02-20T12:33:36Z | Abstract: | One rationale for the infant industry argument is that, by protecting domestic firms from foreign competition, this increases rents and investment in innovation and other growth enhancing measures. Using data on 4,750 firms across 13 developing countries, we examine whether protection via tariffs or non-tariff measures (SPS and TBT specifically) increase innovation in either products or processes. We find no such evidence; instead we find a small negative impact of protection, particularly tariffs and TBTs, on innovation. | Funding Details: | European Commission - Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) | Type of material: | Working Paper | Publisher: | University College Dublin. School of Economics | Start page: | 1 | End page: | 28 | Series/Report no.: | UCD Centre for Economic Research Working Paper Series; WP2017/03 | Keywords: | Non-tariff measures; Technical barriers to trade; Innovation; Infant industry | JEL Codes: | F13; H57; F12 | Language: | en | Status of Item: | Not peer reviewed | This item is made available under a Creative Commons License: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/ |
| Appears in Collections: | Economics Working Papers & Policy Papers |
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