Measuring the Restrictiveness of International Trade Policy
Presents an approach to the problem of measuring trade restrictiveness that builds on the standard theory of policy reform in open economies. Discusses a nontechnical introduction to measuring trade policy restrictiveness; tariff reform in general equilibrium; the trade restrictiveness index (TRI);...
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MIT Press
2005
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| Summary: | Presents an approach to the problem of measuring trade restrictiveness that builds on the standard theory of policy reform in open economies. Discusses a nontechnical introduction to measuring trade policy restrictiveness; tariff reform in general equilibrium; the trade restrictiveness index (TRI); the mercantilist trade restrictiveness index (MTRI); trade reform, trade restrictiveness, and tariff structure; trade reform with tariffs and quotas; the TRI and MTRI with quotas; alternative economic environments; aggregating trade restrictions in modeling; a general framework for measuring policy restrictiveness; other policy distortions; alternative reference points; quantity aggregates; and measuring trade restrictiveness in a simple computable general-equilibrium model. Anderson is Neenan Professor of Economics at Boston College. Neary is Professor of Political Economy at University College Dublin. Index. |
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