Estimating Trade Restrictiveness Indices

The objective of this paper is to provide indicators of trade restrictiveness that include both measures of tariff and nontariff barriers for 91 developing and industrial countries. For each country, the authors estimate three trade restrictiveness indices. The first one summarizes the degree of tra...

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Main Authors:	Kee, Hiau Looi, Nicita, Alessandro, Olarreaga, Marcelo
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGGREGATE EXPORTS AGGREGATE IMPORTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE ANTIDUMPING ANTIDUMPING DUTIES APPAREL APPAREL INDUSTRY AVERAGE TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFF LEVELS AVERAGE TARIFFS BASE YEAR CENTRAL BANK COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE DEMAND CURVE DEMAND ELASTICITIES DEMAND ELASTICITY DEMAND FUNCTION DEMAND FUNCTIONS DISTRIBUTION COSTS DOMESTIC DEMAND DOMESTIC PRICE DOMESTIC TRADE ECONOMIC SIZE EXPORT SHARES EXPORT VALUE EXPORTERS EXPORTS FACTOR ENDOWMENTS FACTOR SHARES FREE TRADE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HIGH TARIFFS IMPACT OF TRADE IMPORT IMPORT PRICES IMPORT VALUE INEFFICIENCY ITC LOW TARIFFS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/6567881/estimating-trade-restrictiveness-indices http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8787

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spelling	okr-10986-87872021-04-23T14:02:40Z Estimating Trade Restrictiveness Indices Kee, Hiau Looi Nicita, Alessandro Olarreaga, Marcelo AGGREGATE EXPORTS AGGREGATE IMPORTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE ANTIDUMPING ANTIDUMPING DUTIES APPAREL APPAREL INDUSTRY AVERAGE TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFF LEVELS AVERAGE TARIFFS BASE YEAR CENTRAL BANK COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE DEMAND CURVE DEMAND ELASTICITIES DEMAND ELASTICITY DEMAND FUNCTION DEMAND FUNCTIONS DISTRIBUTION COSTS DOMESTIC DEMAND DOMESTIC PRICE DOMESTIC TRADE ECONOMIC SIZE EXPORT SHARES EXPORT VALUE EXPORTERS EXPORTS FACTOR ENDOWMENTS FACTOR SHARES FREE TRADE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HIGH TARIFFS IMPACT OF TRADE IMPORT IMPORT PRICES IMPORT VALUE INEFFICIENCY ITC LOW TARIFFS The objective of this paper is to provide indicators of trade restrictiveness that include both measures of tariff and nontariff barriers for 91 developing and industrial countries. For each country, the authors estimate three trade restrictiveness indices. The first one summarizes the degree of trade distortions that each country imposes on itself through its own trade policies. The second one focuses on the trade distortions imposed by each country on its import bundle. The last index focuses on market access and summarizes the trade distortions imposed by the rest of the world on each country's export bundle. All indices are estimated for the broad aggregates of manufacturing and agriculture products. Results suggest that poor countries (and those with the highest poverty headcount) tend to be more restrictive, but they also face the highest trade barriers on their export bundle. This is partly explained by the fact that agriculture protection is generally larger than manufacturing protection. Nontariff barriers contribute more than 70 percent on average to world protection, underlying their importance for any study on trade protection. 2012-06-22T15:44:39Z 2012-06-22T15:44:39Z 2006-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/6567881/estimating-trade-restrictiveness-indices http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8787 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3840 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic	AGGREGATE EXPORTS AGGREGATE IMPORTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE ANTIDUMPING ANTIDUMPING DUTIES APPAREL APPAREL INDUSTRY AVERAGE TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFF LEVELS AVERAGE TARIFFS BASE YEAR CENTRAL BANK COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE DEMAND CURVE DEMAND ELASTICITIES DEMAND ELASTICITY DEMAND FUNCTION DEMAND FUNCTIONS DISTRIBUTION COSTS DOMESTIC DEMAND DOMESTIC PRICE DOMESTIC TRADE ECONOMIC SIZE EXPORT SHARES EXPORT VALUE EXPORTERS EXPORTS FACTOR ENDOWMENTS FACTOR SHARES FREE TRADE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HIGH TARIFFS IMPACT OF TRADE IMPORT IMPORT PRICES IMPORT VALUE INEFFICIENCY ITC LOW TARIFFS
spellingShingle	AGGREGATE EXPORTS AGGREGATE IMPORTS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE ANTIDUMPING ANTIDUMPING DUTIES APPAREL APPAREL INDUSTRY AVERAGE TARIFF AVERAGE TARIFF LEVELS AVERAGE TARIFFS BASE YEAR CENTRAL BANK COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE DEMAND CURVE DEMAND ELASTICITIES DEMAND ELASTICITY DEMAND FUNCTION DEMAND FUNCTIONS DISTRIBUTION COSTS DOMESTIC DEMAND DOMESTIC PRICE DOMESTIC TRADE ECONOMIC SIZE EXPORT SHARES EXPORT VALUE EXPORTERS EXPORTS FACTOR ENDOWMENTS FACTOR SHARES FREE TRADE GDP GDP PER CAPITA GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HIGH TARIFFS IMPACT OF TRADE IMPORT IMPORT PRICES IMPORT VALUE INEFFICIENCY ITC LOW TARIFFS Kee, Hiau Looi Nicita, Alessandro Olarreaga, Marcelo Estimating Trade Restrictiveness Indices
relation	Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3840
description	The objective of this paper is to provide indicators of trade restrictiveness that include both measures of tariff and nontariff barriers for 91 developing and industrial countries. For each country, the authors estimate three trade restrictiveness indices. The first one summarizes the degree of trade distortions that each country imposes on itself through its own trade policies. The second one focuses on the trade distortions imposed by each country on its import bundle. The last index focuses on market access and summarizes the trade distortions imposed by the rest of the world on each country's export bundle. All indices are estimated for the broad aggregates of manufacturing and agriculture products. Results suggest that poor countries (and those with the highest poverty headcount) tend to be more restrictive, but they also face the highest trade barriers on their export bundle. This is partly explained by the fact that agriculture protection is generally larger than manufacturing protection. Nontariff barriers contribute more than 70 percent on average to world protection, underlying their importance for any study on trade protection.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Kee, Hiau Looi Nicita, Alessandro Olarreaga, Marcelo
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title	Estimating Trade Restrictiveness Indices
title_short	Estimating Trade Restrictiveness Indices
title_full	Estimating Trade Restrictiveness Indices
title_fullStr	Estimating Trade Restrictiveness Indices
title_full_unstemmed	Estimating Trade Restrictiveness Indices
title_sort	estimating trade restrictiveness indices
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/02/6567881/estimating-trade-restrictiveness-indices http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8787
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