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A note on “Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: A “New” Perspective on Protectionism” of Costinot (2009)

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In this paper, I re-investigate Costinot (2009) in a more general parameter space. The key insight of this paper is that the reason a small open economy uses trade protections is not because of the existence of search frictions in the labor markets, but the real motivation is from labor market inefficiency. I show that the restricted parameter space considered in Costinot (2009) generates an equilibrium with inefficiently high unemployment compared to the constrained-efficient level of unemployment, and thus trade protections can improve welfare. In the more general parameter space considered in this paper, despite the existence of search frictions in a labor market, free trade can be optimal if the labor market is efficient. In addition, unemployment can be inefficiently low and import subsidies are preferable. The result holds true for standard matching functions.

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  • Suwanprasert, Wisarut, 2017. "A note on “Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: A “New” Perspective on Protectionism” of Costinot (2009)," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 157(C), pages 163-166.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:157:y:2017:i:c:p:163-166
    DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2017.05.036
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    1. Wisarut Suwanprasert, 2020. "Optimal trade policy, equilibrium unemployment, and labor market inefficiency," Review of International Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 28(5), pages 1232-1268, November.
    2. Arnaud Costinot, 2009. "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: A "New" Perspective on Protectionism," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, vol. 7(5), pages 1011-1041, September.
    3. Arthur J. Hosios, 1990. "On The Efficiency of Matching and Related Models of Search and Unemployment," The Review of Economic Studies, Review of Economic Studies Ltd, vol. 57(2), pages 279-298.
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    3. Wisarut Suwanprasert, 2020. "The role of the most favored nation principle of the GATT/WTO in the New Trade model," Review of International Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 28(3), pages 760-798, August.

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    Keywords

    Optimal trade policy; Unemployment;

    JEL classification:

    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • F16 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Labor Market Interactions

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