Investigating and Estimating the Relation between Import tariff Rate and Smuggling in Iran, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Vesal, Mohammad (Supervisor) ; Memarnezhad, Abbas (Co-Advisor)
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Governments use tariff and non-tariff import barriers for several reasons including protecting national industries, tax income and or checking the quality of imported products. These barriers motivate importers to make a profit through smuggling. This study focuses on “import tariff rate” as a main motivation for smuggling and tries to estimate the elasticity of smuggling with respect to tariff rates. Iran trade flow data and tariff rates are collected from Trademap, WITS, Iran’s customs administration and Iran’s Trade Development Organization. By observing reported exports to Iran from main trade partners together with reported imports to Iran we construct a proxy for the amount of...
Cataloging briefInvestigating and Estimating the Relation between Import tariff Rate and Smuggling in Iran, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Vesal, Mohammad (Supervisor) ; Memarnezhad, Abbas (Co-Advisor)
Abstract
Governments use tariff and non-tariff import barriers for several reasons including protecting national industries, tax income and or checking the quality of imported products. These barriers motivate importers to make a profit through smuggling. This study focuses on “import tariff rate” as a main motivation for smuggling and tries to estimate the elasticity of smuggling with respect to tariff rates. Iran trade flow data and tariff rates are collected from Trademap, WITS, Iran’s customs administration and Iran’s Trade Development Organization. By observing reported exports to Iran from main trade partners together with reported imports to Iran we construct a proxy for the amount of...
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