The Mercantilist Index of Trade Policy.

This paper develops and characterises an index of trade policy restrictiveness defined as the uniform tariff equivalent which maintains the same volume of trade as a given set of tariffs, quotas, and domestic taxes and subsidies. We relate this volume-equivalent index to the Trade Restrictiveness In...

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Auteurs principaux: Anderson, J, Neary, J
Format: Working paper
Langue:English
Publié: Centre for Economic Performance, LSE 1998