Proceedings of the Korea Society for Industrial Systems Conference (한국산업정보학회:학술대회논문집)
- 1999.12a
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- Pages.623-637
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- 1999
A Study on the Effects of Tariff Reduction Induced by Internet EC
인터넷 전자상거래에 의한 관세인하 효과 연구
Abstract
This study firstly aims to review the discussions among major nations and international organizations on removal of tariff wall in EC. Secondly, it is analyzed how the trend of tariff reduction of removal will affect an individual economy in a partial balance analysis model on an assumed small-size economy. In closing, political implication for removal of tariffs in EC will be presented. The study concluded that tariff removal on Internet EC has both positive and negative effects on the importing economy. It can improve the efficiency in utilization of economic resources by the importing economy in the long term while cut the financial revenue and aggravate the trade balance of importing country. It is inferred from such a conclusion that tariff removal can lead to trade imbalance between the Information haves and the have-nots.