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The French (Trade) Revolution of 1860
Stéphane Becuwe
其他書名
Intra-Industry Trade and Smooth Adjustment
出版
National Bureau of Economic Research
, 2018
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=v8TlzQEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋
The Cobden-Chevalier treaty of 1860 eliminated many French import prohibitions and lowered tariffs between France and Britain. Policy change was largely unexpected and unusually free from direct lobbying. A series of commercial treaties with other nations followed because of the use of the unconditional-MFN clause. Post-1860 in France, we find a significant rise in intra-industry trade. On average, rising imports did not prejudice exports. Liberalization allowed for an expansion of two-way trade in differentiated products. The findings are consistent with the "smooth adjustment" hypothesis. Anti-competitive, protectionist lobbying apparent from 1878 was not necessarily a backlash to enhanced international competition