How Much Do Agricultural Policies Restrict Trade? Comparing Trade Restrictiveness Indexes

Croser, JohannaAnderson, Kym2012-08-132012-08-132010-03https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10201Recently the Bank has provided new indicators for monitoring the extent to which agricultural policies restrict international trade in farm goods. They come from two studies with differing methodologies and data sources, and each provides less-than-perfect estimates. This note shows how and explains why the two indexes differ for some countries.CC BY 3.0 IGOAGRICULTURAL INCENTIVESAGRICULTURAL MARKETSAGRICULTURAL PRICEAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSAGRICULTURAL TRADEAGRICULTUREBORDER POLICYBORDER PRICECOMMODITIESCOMMODITYCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPARATIVE DISADVANTAGECONSUMERSDEMAND ELASTICITIESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPING COUNTRYDEVELOPING ECONOMIESDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDOMESTIC CONSUMPTIONDOMESTIC DISTORTIONSDOMESTIC PRICEDOMESTIC PRICESDOMESTIC PRODUCTIONECONOMIC POLICYELASTICITYEXCHANGE RATESEXPORT SUBSIDIESEXPORT TAXEXPORT TAX EQUIVALENTSEXPORT TAXESEXPORTERSEXPORTSFOOD PRICESGROSS VALUEIMPORT COMPETITIONIMPORT QUANTITYIMPORT RESTRICTIONSIMPORT TARIFFSIMPORT VALUESIMPORTSINCOMEINDEX NUMBERSINTERNATIONAL TRADEINTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICYNATIONAL ECONOMYOUTPUTPRICE COMPARISONPRICE COMPARISONSPRICE SUPPORTPROTECTIONISTTARIFF EQUIVALENTTARIFF LINETARIFF LINESTAXTRADE DISTORTIONSTRADE EFFECTSTRADE FLOWSTRADE POLICIESTRADE POLICYTRADE POLICY REVIEWTRADE REDUCTIONTRADE RESTRICTIONSTRADE TAXESTRADESTRANSITION ECONOMIESUNILATERAL REFORMVOLUME OF TRADEWELFARE IMPACTSWTOHow Much Do Agricultural Policies Restrict Trade? Comparing Trade Restrictiveness IndexesWorld Bank10.1596/10201