In this paper, we investigate techniques for measuring the trade policy equivalent of domestic distortions, using a distance function approach. Our measure, the Trade Restrictiveness Index, is shown to equal the uniform ...
Barry, Frank(University College Dublin. School of Economics, 1992-06)
This paper argues that the Australian government made three errors when implementing the liberalisation and stabilisation programmes of the 1980's. International capital movements were liberalised at too high an Australian ...