Kee, Hiau LooiNicita, AlessandroOlarreaga, Marcelo2012-03-302012-03-302008Review of Economics and Statistics00346535https://hdl.handle.net/10986/5902This paper provides a systematic estimation of import demand elasticities for a broad group of countries at a very disaggregated level of product detail. We use a semiflexible translog GDP function approach to formally derive import demands and their elasticities, which are estimated with data on prices and endowments. Within a theoretically consistent framework, we use the estimated elasticities to construct Feenstra's (1995) simplification of Anderson and Neary's trade restrictiveness index (TRI). The difference between TRIs and import-weighted tariffs is shown to depend on the tariff variance and the covariance between tariffs and import demand elasticities.ENModel Construction and Estimation C510Trade PolicyInternational Trade Organizations F130Country and Industry Studies of Trade F140International Linkages to DevelopmentRole of International Organizations O190Journal ArticleWorld Bank