Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/203581 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2019: 30 Jahre Mauerfall - Demokratie und Marktwirtschaft - Session: International Trade and Trade Reforms II No. D14-V2
Publisher: 
ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Kiel, Hamburg
Abstract: 
This paper examines the effects of unilateral tax policy in the open economy. We construct a general equilibrium trade model with heterogeneous agents allowing for country asymmetries. We find that in contrast to a symmetric country set-up the share of exporting firms is endogenous. We show that a unilateral increase in the tax rate affects the factor allocation in the regulating country and the trading partner country differently. We further derive the implications for aggregate income and inequality in both countries.
Subjects: 
International trade
Income inequality
Redistribution
Heterogeneous firms
JEL: 
F12
Document Type: 
Conference Paper

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