TY  - JOUR
AU  - Irwin,Douglas A.
TI  - The Impact of Federation on Australia's Trade Flows
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 12160
PY  - 2006
Y2  - April 2006
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w12160
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w12160.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Douglas A. Irwin
Department of Economics
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH  03755
Tel: 603/646-2942
Fax: 603/646-2122
E-Mail: douglas.irwin@dartmouth.edu
AB  - In 1901, six Australian states joined together in political and economic union, creating an internal free trade area and adopting a common external tariff. This paper investigates the impact of federation on Australia's internal and international trade flows by studying changes in the "border effect" over this time. This is possible because Australian states reported intra-Australian trade prior to 1901 and for eight years after federation. The results indicate that federation itself produced little change in Australia's trade patterns, but that the border effect increased substantially between 1906 and 1909 when the protectionist Lyne Tariff was imposed.
ER  -