How Much Do Agricultural Policies Restrict Trade? Comparing Trade Restrictiveness Indexes

How Much Do Agricultural Policies Restrict Trade? Comparing Trade Restrictiveness Indexes

Recently the Bank has provided new indicators for monitoring the extent to which agricultural policies restrict international trade in farm goods. They come from two studies with differing methodologies and data sources, and each provides less-than...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Anderson, Kym, Croser, Johanna
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AGRICULTURAL INCENTIVES
AGRICULTURAL MARKETS
AGRICULTURAL PRICE
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURAL TRADE
AGRICULTURE
BORDER POLICY
BORDER PRICE
COMMODITIES
COMMODITY
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
COMPARATIVE DISADVANTAGE
CONSUMERS
DEMAND ELASTICITIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRY
DEVELOPING ECONOMIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION
DOMESTIC DISTORTIONS
DOMESTIC PRICE
DOMESTIC PRICES
DOMESTIC PRODUCTION
ECONOMIC POLICY
ELASTICITY
EXCHANGE RATES
EXPORT SUBSIDIES
EXPORT TAX
EXPORT TAX EQUIVALENTS
EXPORT TAXES
EXPORTERS
EXPORTS
FOOD PRICES
GROSS VALUE
IMPORT COMPETITION
IMPORT QUANTITY
IMPORT RESTRICTIONS
IMPORT TARIFFS
IMPORT VALUES
IMPORTS
INCOME
INDEX NUMBERS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY
NATIONAL ECONOMY
OUTPUT
PRICE COMPARISON
PRICE COMPARISONS
PRICE SUPPORT
PROTECTIONIST
TARIFF EQUIVALENT
TARIFF LINE
TARIFF LINES
TAX
TRADE DISTORTIONS
TRADE EFFECTS
TRADE FLOWS
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE POLICY
TRADE POLICY REVIEW
TRADE REDUCTION
TRADE RESTRICTIONS
TRADE TAXES
TRADES
TRANSITION ECONOMIES
UNILATERAL REFORM
VOLUME OF TRADE
WELFARE IMPACTS
WTO
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/03/11929615/much-agricultural-policies-restrict-trade-comparing-trade-restrictiveness-indexes
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10201
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Summary:Recently the Bank has provided new indicators for monitoring the extent to which agricultural policies restrict international trade in farm goods. They come from two studies with differing methodologies and data sources, and each provides less-than-perfect estimates. This note shows how and explains why the two indexes differ for some countries.

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