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The Impact of the 2018 Tariffs on Prices and Welfare
Mary Amiti, Stephen J. Redding, David E. Weinstein · Journal of Economic Perspectives · 2019 · used in 3 of your pieces
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- Study · peer-reviewed journal article
- Title
- The Impact of the 2018 Tariffs on Prices and Welfare
- Authors
- Mary Amiti · Stephen J. Redding · David E. Weinstein
- Published in
- Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 33, no. 4, from p. 187
- Publisher
- American Economic Association
- Year
- 2019
- DOI
- 10.1257/jep.33.4.187
- Quality
- High· peer-reviewed, uses official customs and price data
- Topics
- Economics › Trade › TariffsPrices
- Added
- Maya Chen · 26 Sep 2026, 14:07 BST · My sources, visible to Open Ledger editors
Findings used across pieces
3- 1
By December 2018 the tariffs were costing U.S. consumers and the firms that import foreign goods an extra $3 billion a month in added tax costs.
- 2
On top of the tax cost, the tariffs caused a further $1.4 billion a month in deadweight welfare losses by the end of 2018.
- 3
The cost of the tariffs was passed through almost completely to the domestic prices of the imported goods.
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