Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/269518 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
FERDI Working Paper No. P237
Publisher: 
Fondation pour les études et recherches sur le développement international (FERDI), Clermont-Ferrand
Abstract: 
This paper explores the extent to which market power considerations explain levels of export taxes. Market power is proxied by the inverse import demand elasticities faced by exporters. The paper first provides estimates of market power for exporting countries and products at the 6-digit level of the Harmonized System. It then finds a positive correlation between market power and export taxes. This result supports the theory that, when unconstrained in their trade policy choices, countries take their market power into account when setting their export taxes.
Subjects: 
Market power
export taxes
export policy
import demand elasticities
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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