Who Pays for Protection in Australia?*

1 December 1986

journal article
Published by Wiley in Economic Record

Vol. 62 (4) , 490-496
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4932.1986.tb00913.x

Abstract

A simple model is used to measure the transfer effects resulting from protection in Australia. The model is not concerned with the deadweight losses associated with protection. The concept of ‘true’ protection is employed to construct a transfer matrix which shows how income is transferred between sectors. The results indicate that exporters are the sole losers from protection. The cost to Australian exporters is about 1.5 per cent of GDP.

Keywords

GDP
PROTECTION IN AUSTRALIA
WHO PAYS
SIMPLE MODEL
DEADWEIGHT LOSSES
AUSTRALIAN EXPORTERS
TRANSFER MATRIX

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