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-perfect estimates. This note shows how and explains why the two indexes differ for some countries.

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Year of publication:	2010
Authors:	Anderson, Kym ; Croser, Johanna
Published in:	World Bank - Economic Premise. - Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network (PREM). - 2010, 4, p. 1-7
Publisher:	Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Network (PREM)
Subject:	agriculture \| trade \| farm goods \| policies \| trade restrictiveness \| tariffs \| imports \| exports \| quotas \| World Bank

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Extent:	application/pdf
Type of publication:	Article
Language:	English
Classification:	Q1 - Agriculture ; Q17 - Agriculture in International Trade ; F1 - Trade ; F13 - Commercial Policy; Protection; Promotion; Trade Negotiations ; F17 - Trade Forecasting and Simulation
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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