Journal article
When Britain turned inward: The impact of Interwar British protection
- Abstract:
- International trade collapsed, and also became much less multi-lateral, during the 1930s. Previous studies, looking at aggregate trade flows, have argued that trade policies had relatively little to do with either phenomenon. Using a new dataset incorporating highly disaggregated information on the UK's imports and trade policies, we find that while conventional wisdom is correct regarding the impact of trade policy on the total value of British imports, discriminatory trade policies can explain the majority of Britain's shift towards Imperial imports in the 1930s.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1257/aer.20172020
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- Publisher:
- American Economic Association
- Journal:
- American Economic Review More from this journal
- Volume:
- 109
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 325-52
- Publication date:
- 2018-02-01
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-08-13
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- ISSN:
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0002-8282
- Pubs id:
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pubs:924196
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pubs:924196
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924196
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2018-10-06
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- American Economic Association
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- Copyright 2018 American Economic Association. All rights reserved. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from American Economic Association at: 10.1257/aer.20172020
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