Journal article
Measuring the restrictiveness of trade policy
- Abstract:
- This article provides an introduction to the trade restrictiveness index (TRI), which equals the uniform tariff that is welfare equivalent to a given pattern of trade protection. Unlike standard measures of trade restrictiveness, the TRI has a solid theoretical basis, can incorporate both tariffs and quantitative restrictions, and can be adapted to construct the trade policy equivalent of domestic distortions. The article compares a number of applications and describes procedures for operationalizing the TRI on a personal computer. The authors conclude that the TRI has considerable potential in empirical work.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1093/wber/8.2.151
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- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Journal:
- World Bank Economic Review More from this journal
- Volume:
- 8
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 151-169
- Publication date:
- 1994-05-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1564-698X
- ISSN:
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0258-6770
- Language:
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English
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uuid:8a63b277-11b9-44ef-9155-eb2cd67e5ba4
- Local pid:
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ora:2153
- Deposit date:
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2008-07-04
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- Copyright holder:
- The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/ The World Bank
- Copyright date:
- 1994
- Notes:
- N.B. Professor Neary was affiliated to University College Dublin, LSE, the Centre for Economic Policy Research, and the University of Ulster when this article was first published. The full-text of this article is not available in ORA at this time. Citation: Anderson, J. E. & Neary, J. P. (1994). 'Measuring the restrictiveness of trade policy', The World Bank Economic Review, 8(2), 151-169. [Available at http://wber.oxfordjournals.org/].
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