TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu
AU  - Takashima, Ryo
        TI  - Trade Policy and Illegal Immigration
        PY  - 2005/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1568
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp1568
        AB  - We use a version of the Meade model to consider the effects of interdependent import tariffs in the presence illegal immigration.  First, we consider the small union case and derive the Nash tariff equilibrium for two potential members of a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA).  We analyze conditions under which a movement from the Nash equilibrium to complete intra-bloc tariff elimination (FTA) is likely to be welfare augmenting.  The paper also considers how reduction of the external tariff may impact the Nash equilibrium tariffs of the potential bloc members.  The analysis is extended to the large union case to consider the conditions under which terms of trade of bloc members improve with respect to the non-member nation(s).
        KW  - illegal immigration
KW  - preferential trade agreement
KW  - optimal tariff
        ER  -