Is Protectionism on the Rise? Assessing National Trade Policies during the Crisis of 2008

Is Protectionism on the Rise? Assessing National Trade Policies during the Crisis of 2008

To understand the role of trade policies in the crisis of 2008, this paper constructs the overall trade restrictiveness indices for a wide range of countries using their tariff schedules in 2008 and 2009. The index summarizes the trade policy stanc...

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Main Authors: Kee, Hiau Looi, Neagu, Cristina, Nicita, Alessandro
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
AD VALOREM
AGGREGATE IMPORTS
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
AGRICULTURE
ANTI-DUMPING CASES
ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES
ANTIDUMPING
ANTIDUMPING DUTIES
BASE YEAR
BILATERAL TRADE
BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
BILATERAL TRADE DATA
CHANGES IN TRADE
DEMAND ELASTICITIES
DEMAND ELASTICITY
DEMAND SHOCKS
DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES
DOMESTIC MARKET
DOMESTIC PRODUCERS
DUMPING
ECONOMIC CRISIS
ECONOMIC POLICY
ELASTICITY
EQUILIBRIUM
EUROPEAN UNION
EXPORTS
FINANCIAL CRISIS
GDP
GLOBAL TRADE
IMPORT VALUE
IMPORTED ITEMS
IMPORTED PRODUCTS
IMPORTS
INTERNATIONAL BANK
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
ITC
LOCAL CONTENT
MFN
OPENNESS
POLICY RESEARCH
PROTECTIONISM
PROTECTIONIST
PROTECTIONIST DEVICE
REGIONAL TRADE
REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
TARIFF CHANGES
TARIFF POLICIES
TARIFF SCHEDULES
TRADE CENTER
TRADE DATA
TRADE DISTORTIONS
TRADE FLOWS
TRADE MEASURES
TRADE POLICIES
TRADE POLICY
TRADE POLICY INSTRUMENTS
TRADE PROTECTION
TRADE REMEDIES
TRADE VALUE
TRADING PARTNERS
TRADING SYSTEM
UNEMPLOYMENT
VERTICAL SPECIALIZATION
WORLD PRICES
WORLD TRADE
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100419121819
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3761

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