Baumol-Tobin and the welfare costs of national security border delays

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Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2008
Volume: 99
Issue: 2
Pages: 290-292

Authors (2)

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Abstract

We analyze the economic costs of national security related border delays in a Baumol-Tobin inventory theoretic framework. We show that there are social costs induced by behavioural responses to the delays, in addition to time costs at the border.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:99:y:2008:i:2:p:290-292
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General
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2
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2026-01-29