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CEP discussion paper
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 s...Read more...

James Anderson and J. Peter Neary

November 1998

CEP discussion paper
Measuring the Restrictiveness of Trade Policy

Alternative methods of measuring the restrictiveness of trade policy are reviewed. A new measure is proposed and it is shown to be theoretically superior to other measures and to be easily implementable in practice. Meas...Read more...

James Anderson and J. Peter Neary

January 1994

CEP discussion paper
Domestic Distortions and International Trade

In this paper, we investigate techniques for measuring the trade policy equivalent of domestic distortions, using a distance function approach. Our measure, the Trade Restrictiveness Index, is shown to equal the uniform ...Read more...

James Anderson and J. Peter Neary

November 1993

CEP discussion paper
A New Approach to Evaluating Trade Policy

This paper introduces a new measure, the Trade Restrictiveness Index, which measures the restrictiveness of a system of trade protection. The index is a general equilibrium application of the distance function and answer...Read more...

James Anderson and J. Peter Neary

October 1993