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- Title
The Impact of Federation on Australia's Trade Flows.
- Authors
Irwin, Douglas A.
- Abstract
In 1901, six Australian states joined together in political and economic union, creating an internal free trade area and adopting a common external tariff. This paper investigates the impact of federation on Australia's internal and international trade flows by studying changes in the ‘border effect’ over this time. This is possible because Australian states reported intra-Australian trade prior to 1901 and for 8 years after federation. The results indicate that federation itself produced little change in Australia's trade patterns, but that the border effect increased substantially between 1906 and 1909 when the protectionist Lyne Tariff was imposed.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; FREE trade; INTERNATIONAL trade; COMMERCIAL policy; ECONOMIC history; PROTECTIONISM; TARIFF; GEOGRAPHIC boundaries; CUSTOMS administration
- Publication
Economic Record, 2006, Vol 82, Issue 258, p315
- ISSN
0013-0249
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1475-4932.2006.00342.x