@article{Emlinger:332302,
      recid = {332302},
      author = {Emlinger, Charlotte and Guimbard, Houssein},
      title = {Per-unit duties: friends or foes for developing  exporters?},
      address = {2013},
      pages = {24},
      year = {2013},
      note = {Presented at the 16th Annual Conference on Global Economic  Analysis, Shanghai, China},
      abstract = {Protectionist instruments such as tariffs may distort the  price of traded goods. In this paper, we explore the impact  of specific (per-unit) duties on the patterns of  agricultural trade. Specific duties are showed to encourage  countries to export products with higher prices, leading to  an “Alchian Allen effect” on unit values. Their restrictive  effect on trade values is smaller for developed countries  as compared to developing countries. It can be explained by  the quality specialization of these countries, but also by  the low level of quality differentiation of their exports.  Our results highlight the discriminating nature of specific  duties for low-income countries.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/332302},
}