Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/203994 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
wiiw Working Paper No. 129
Publisher: 
The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw), Vienna
Abstract: 
Abstract In this paper, we examine the relevance of non-tariff measures (NTMs) at the 6-digit level of the Harmonised System over the period 2002-2011 by estimating ad valorem equivalents. We draw on information of NTMs notified to the WTO from the Integrated Trade Intelligence Portal (I-TIP), distinguishing various NTM types, such as technical barriers to trade and sanitary and phytosanitary measures. To assess whether NTMs facilitate or impede trade across countries we apply a gravity approach, which allows calculating implied ad valorem equivalents of NTMs for about 100 WTO member countries. Evidence of these AVEs is provided differentiated by NTM types, income groups, industries and product categories.
Subjects: 
non-tariff measures
trade barriers
ad valorem equivalent
gravity model
I-TIP
JEL: 
F13
F14
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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