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This paper develops a two-good, small-country, general equilibrium trade model with endogenous labor supply and wage taxes, and where trade is restricted by a tariff, or an import quota, or VERs. Within this framework we derive (i) the employment and welfare effects of the three types of trade restrictions, (ii) the price effect of an import quota and VERs, and (iii) the shadow price of foreign exchange under each type of trade restriction. The present results are compared to those where (i) factor supplies are fixed, and (ii) perfect international capital mobility exists.
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Hatzipanayotou, P., Michael, M.S. Tariffs, quotas, and voluntary export restraints with endogenous labor supply. Journal of Economics Zeitschrift für Nationalökonomie 62, 185–201 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01226009
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