Import tariff rates are typically higher on final consumption goods than on intermediate goods and raw materials sold to manufacturing firms. This tendency is known as
A. the terms of trade effect.
B. the tariff escalation pattern.
C. the sudden-damage effect.
D. the spillover effect.
Answer: B
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