@techreport{NBERw3315, title = "Tariffs and Sectoral Adjustments in an Open Economy", author = "Stephen J. Turnovsky", institution = "National Bureau of Economic Research", type = "Working Paper", series = "Working Paper Series", number = "3315", year = "1991", month = "February", URL = "http://www.nber.org/papers/w3315", abstract = {This paper analyzes the impact of a tariff on sectoral adjustments in an economy which produces two traded consumption goods, one of which is exported, and a non-traded investment good. The importance of sectoral capital intensities is emphasized. In particular, the qualitative dynamic adjustment depends upon the relative capital intensities of the import-competing consumption good sector and the non-traded investment good sector. Sectoral labor allocation effects are analyzed and the long-run effect on aggregate capital accumulation is shown to depend upon the relative capital intensities of the import and export sectors. Temporary as well as permanent tariffs are discussed.}, }