Trade Policy and Redistribution When Preferences are Non-Homothetic

Do, Quy-Toan ; Levchenko, Andrei A.

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: TRADE RESTRICTIONS;    TRADE POLICY;    REDISTRIBUTION;    FOOD EXPORT BAN;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-8005
RP-ID  :  WPS8005

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This paper compares redistributionthrough trade restrictions versus domestic lump-sumtransfers. When preferences are non-homothetic, evendomestic lump-sum transfers affect relative prices. Thus,contrary to the conventional wisdom, domestic lump-sumtransfers are not necessarily superior to distortionarytrade policy. The paper develops this argument in thecontext of the food export bans imposed by many developingcountries in the late 2000s.