An extension of the trade restrictiveness index to large economies.

The Trade Restrictiveness Index (TRI) introduced by Anderson and Neary (1994) provided the first theoretically satisfying measure of a country's tariff structure by overcoming the problem of ad hoc specification of indexing weights and the related index number problem. We observe, however, that the TRI may not be unique when countries are large. As a remedy, we propose a simple extension.

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Year of publication:	2004-05
Authors:	Dakhlia, Sami ; Temimi, Akram
Institutions:	Maison des Sciences Économiques, Université Paris 1 (Panthéon-Sorbonne)
Subject:	Trade Restrictiveness Index \| index number \| tariffs

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Cahiers de la Maison des Sciences Economiques. - ISSN 1624-0340.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	7 pages
Classification:	C68 - Computable General Equilibrium Models ; D58 - Computable and Other Applied General Equilibrium Models ; D78 - Positive Analysis of Policy-Making and Implementation ; F17 - Trade Forecasting and Simulation
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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