Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/103096 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 4968
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
We extend the trade restrictiveness index approach to the case of market imperfections and domestic regulations addressing them. We focus on standard-like non-tariff measures (NTMs) affecting cost of production and potentially enhancing demand by reducing negative externalities. We apply the framework to the database of Kee et al. (2009) and derive ad valorem equivalents (AVEs) for NTMs. About 39% of the product lines affected by NTMs exhibit negative AVEs, indicating a trade-facilitating effect of these measures. Accounting for the trade-facilitating effect of NTMs significantly reduces previous measures of countries' trade policy restrictiveness obtained while constraining these NTMs to be trade reducing.
Subjects: 
non-tariff measures
externalities
ad valorem equivalents
trade restrictiveness indices
JEL: 
F13
F18
Q56
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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