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
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
GDP
ITC
MFN
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