
Optimal Tariffs : Theory and Practice »
Journal Issue
Volume/Issue: 1993/50
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Ali Ibrahim , Arvind Subramanian , and Luis Torres-Castro
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 June 1993
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451846898.001
ISBN: 9781451846898
Keywords: tariff structure, tariff reform, tariff structures, trade liberalization, balance of payments
This paper examines the theory underpinning the design of optimal tariffs in a developing economy, and the experience of implementation of tariff reforms. A central issue is whether and when a case can be made for...