How Much Trade Liberalization Was There in the World Before and After Cobden-Chevalier?

Junguito, Antonio Tena; Lampe, Markus; Fernandes, Felipe Tamega

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“…France indeed prohibited the importation of a large number of product varieties before 1860 (see e.g. Tena-Junguito et al, 2012 ).…”

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“…When fiscal costs of trade liberalization are realized, we examine how long the decline in revenue lasts. We compare the characteristics of trade liberalization episodes over different historical periods, starting with the 'first wave' of trade liberalization (see Estevadeordal et al, 2003;O'Rourke and Williamson, 1999;Tena-Junguito et al, 2012 ) and up to the recent experiences of today's developing countries. For each of the 130 countries in our data we go as far back in time as possible: our dataset starts in 1792 for one country (the United States), covers nine countries in the 19th century, and thirty-five countries in the first half of the 20th century.…”

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“…Recent work has been able to construct relatively long time series on tariffs for a large set of countries, but this is only feasible for a subset of commodities -see for exampleTena-Junguito et al (2012) .2 These non-tax revenues could come from development aid, natural resources or borrowing; we cannot document which of these revenues is the most relevant here as data on non-tax revenues are not available.…”

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Tax revenues and the fiscal cost of trade liberalization, 1792–2006

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Gadenne

2018

Explorations in Economic History

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a b s t r a c tThis article examines the impact of trade liberalization on government revenues. Using a new dataset on tax revenues for 130 countries between 1792 and 2006, we identify ninety-nine episodes of trade liberalization defined as a large fall in trade tax revenues not accompanied by a decrease in trade. Seven took place before World War One, seven in the interwar period, eighteen in the Bretton Woods period and the remainder after 1970. We examine the extent to which countries were able to recover the tax revenues lost by liberalizing trade by using other sources of revenue. We find that historical (pre-1970) trade liberalization episodes were unlikely to be accompanied by decreases in tax revenues, especially during the Bretton Woods era. In the recent period however, over 40% of the developing countries in our sample experience a fall in total tax revenues that lasts more than ten years after an episode of trade liberalization. Overall, trade liberalization led to larger and longer-lived declines in tax revenues in developing countries since 1970 than in today's rich countries in the 19th and 20th centuries. Results are similar when we consider government expenditures, suggesting decreases in trade tax revenues negatively affect governments' capacity to provide public services in many developing countries.☆ The dataset constructed for this paper is available on the authors' websites. We are grateful to the Editor (Kris Mitchener) and to three anonymous referees for insightful comments. We gratefully acknowledge helpful comments and suggestions from

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“…France indeed prohibited the importation of a large number of product varieties before 1860 (see e.g. Tena-Junguito et al, 2012 ).…”

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Tax revenues and the fiscal cost of trade liberalization, 1792–2006

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2018

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“…On the importance of specific duties in Europe, see Tena‐Junguito, Lampe, and Tâmega Fernandes, ‘Trade liberalization’, pp. 724–6; Bairoch, ‘European trade policy,’ pp.…”

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International competition in the first wave of globalization: new evidence on the margins of trade

Betrán

Huberman

2015

The Economic History Review

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We pose a seemingly ageless question in economic history. To what extent did new entrants in the late nineteenth‐century cotton‐textile industry threaten the customary markets of the European core? Exploiting a newly constructed dataset on textile imports to Spain, we find that as trade costs fell, new rivals began to sell a greater variety of products. Along this dimension, competition can be said to have increased. In response, producers in Europe adjusted the type and number of goods exported. By 1914, specialization mapped onto endowments of skilled labour, capital, and access to raw materials. While firms in new industrializing countries exported low‐end varieties, incumbents in the core shipped high‐end goods, unit values increasing with levels of development.

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“…O'Rourke and Williamson, Globalization in History ; Pahre, Politics and Trade Cooperation ; Schonhardt‐Bailey, Corn Laws to Free Trade; Tena‐Junguito et al . How much trade liberalization; Findlay and O'Rourke, Power and Plenty .…”

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Spanning the Globe: The Rise of Global Communications Systems and the First Globalisation

Lampe

Ploeckl

2014

Aust Econ Hist Rev

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After postulating the relevance of information for trade costs we outline the rise of international communication networks (mail, telegraph, telephone) during the first globalisation of the long nineteenth century. In this period, global communications systems for the first time in history provided universal access to affordable and reliable means of communication. Using a new set of internationally comparable data on global postal flows, we analyse basic determinants of international information exchange and conclude by outlining a research agenda that links these to international trade patterns and knowledge transfer between countries.JEL categories: F15, F55, N40, N70

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How Much Trade Liberalization Was There in the World Before and After Cobden-Chevalier?

Cited by 46 publications

References 35 publications

Tax revenues and the fiscal cost of trade liberalization, 1792–2006

Tax revenues and the fiscal cost of trade liberalization, 1792–2006

International competition in the first wave of globalization: new evidence on the margins of trade

Spanning the Globe: The Rise of Global Communications Systems and the First Globalisation

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