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The mercantilist index of trade policy

Anderson, James E. ; Neary, J. Peter (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2001-07-11)

We introduce an index of trade policy restrictiveness defined as the uniform tariff which maintains the same trade volume as a given tariff/quota structure. Our index overcomes the problems of the trade-weighted average ...
Strategic and rent extracting tariffs in the presence of persuasive advertising

Leahy, Dermot (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1993-12)

This paper examines positive and normative implications of tariffs in the presence of persuasive advertising. It demonstrates that protection affects imports, the domestic consumer price and the terms of trade directly and ...