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Trade liberalization has rightly been a central component in strategies for development. Tanzi 1989, Tanzi 1991 has highlighted the costs of trade restrictions, whether tariffs or quotas. The rapid push toward trade liberalization in transition countries may nonetheless not have been unambiguously positive because it is likely to have been costly in terms of lost tax revenue. This is especially true of the countries of the former Soviet Union (FSU). The revenue problem, and its policy implications, are the topic of this chapter.
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Tanzi, V., Cheasty, A., Kostial, K. (1999). The Fiscal Implications of Trade Liberalization in Transition Countries. In: Blejer, M.I., Škreb, M. (eds) Balance of Payments, Exchange Rates, and Competitiveness in Transition Economies. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-585-31346-7_9
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