Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/213157 
Year of Publication: 
2018
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[Journal:] Intereconomics [ISSN:] 1613-964X [Volume:] 53 [Issue:] 1 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2018 [Pages:] 22-26
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
Even though economists keep on emphasising the benefits of international trade, protectionism is on the rise in many industrialised countries. The authors argue that a potential explanation for this phenomenon can be found in the short-run distributional effects of import tariffs: while protectionism hurts the economy from an aggregate perspective (i.e. GDP goes down), unskilled workers in import-competing sectors benefit in the short run and do not lose in the long run. They might therefore lend political support to protectionism.
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