Scale Economies, Country Size, and Tariff Wars

For a country that can influence its terms of trade, the optimal tariff is positive when the trading partner does not retaliate. To illustrate the role of scale economies in determining the optimal tariff, we posit a two-country model. Home, the smaller country, will import manufactures, M, and export grain, G, which serves as numeraire. ................
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