Solution (WITS), and selection bias from dropping tariffs when no trade is recorded. I develop a novel interpolation algorithm …

every year and missing data are more prevalent for preferential than for most favored nation (MFN) tariffs. WITS, the main … data provider for tariffs, falsely interpolates missing preferential tariffs with MFN tariffs. This practice leads to …Many studies use tariffs to measure changes in trade policy. This paper shows that standard sources for tariffs suffer …

This paper presents a new global tariff database covering tariffs at the six-digit product level for 197 importing … data and misreporting, almost doubling the number of available tariffs from 2.9 to 5.7 billion. The improvement in the data … tariffs around the world improving our understanding of how countries set tariffs substantially. …

main contributions of this work are the amendment of the I-TIP database to suit econometric analysis and the estimation of …

policy changes in the United States (US) to address this question. The expansion of Generalized System of Preferences (GSP …-Fiber Arrangement (MFA) in 2005 is used to assess whether apparel export expansions survived the erosion of preferences. To find a …

developing and emerging countries over several years, merged with destination-product specific information on tariffs and non …-tariff measures is not isomorphic to that of tariffs: the pricing-to-market behavior we observe suggests that, while tariffs reduce …, tariffs, exchange rate, price discrimination …