Research Catalog

Title

Measuring the restrictiveness of international trade policy / James E. Anderson and J. Peter Neary.

Author

Anderson, James E.

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2005], ©2005.

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Additional Authors

Neary, J. Peter.

Description

xvii, 320 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"In this book, James Anderson and Peter Neary present a new approach to gauging trade restrictiveness. Drawing on the standard theory of index numbers that apply to prices, output, or productivity, Anderson and Neary develop new index numbers that apply directly to policy variables. Their theoretical work builds on, and extends, the standard theory of policy reform in open economies; their empirical findings illustrate how the new indexes can be applied and show that they matter in the assessment of trade restrictiveness. Thus their book will be of interest to both theorists and practitioners."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• International trade
• Commercial policy
• Foreign trade regulation
• Tariff
• Non-tariff trade barriers

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-315) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. Measuring trade policy restrictiveness : a nontechnical introduction -- 3. Tariff reform in general equilibrium -- 4. The trade restrictiveness index -- 5. The mercantilist trade restrictiveness index -- 6. Trade reform, trade restrictiveness, and tariff structure -- 7. Trade reform with tariffs and quotas -- 8. The TRI and MTRI with quotas -- 9. Alternative economic environments -- 10. Aggregating trade restrictions in modeling -- 11. A general framework for measuring policy restrictiveness -- 12. Other policy distortions -- 13. Alternative reference points -- 14. Quantity aggregates -- 15. Measuring trade restrictiveness in a simple CGE model -- 16. Conclusion.

ISBN

0262012200 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2005049130

OCLC

• OCM60245578
• SCSB-5218891

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries