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Modelling the long-run economic impacts of a stylised US tariff increase: technical paper

This paper uses the Scottish Government Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model to assess the long-run economic impacts of a stylised 10% tariff increase by the United States on UK goods exports.


Annex F – Sensitivity Analysis

Table: Sensitivity to change in elasticity of trade parameter, percentage point difference to long-run baseline

Variable

Lower (e = -0.4)

Central (e = -2)

Upper (e = -4)

GDP

-0.15

-0.36

-0.44

Exports

-0.20

-0.55

-0.78

Imports

-0.26

-0.68

-0.93

Employment

-0.10

-0.26

-0.33

Real wage

-0.19

-0.44

-0.56

HH Consumption

-0.21

-0.50

-0.62

Investment

-0.16

-0.39

-0.47

Government expenditure

-0.14

-0.36

-0.47

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