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Trade Policy and the Macroeconomy

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  • Barry Eichengreen

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This Mundell-Fleming Lecture focuses on the connections between trade policy and the macroeconomy. Part I considers the evidence on tariffs and growth from an historic vantage point. Part 2 then reviews what we know about trade policy and macroeconomic fluctuations. Although the first part is about growth and the second part is about fluctuations, similar issues and policy implications arise in the two contexts.

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  • Barry Eichengreen, 2019. "Trade Policy and the Macroeconomy," IMF Economic Review, Palgrave Macmillan;International Monetary Fund, vol. 67(1), pages 4-23, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:imfecr:v:67:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1057_s41308-018-0053-9
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