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Measuring Effects of Trade Policy Distortions: How far have we come?

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  • Kym Anderson

    (School of Economics, University of Adelaide, Australia)

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After a brief review of the literature to the early 1970s, this paper assesses the contributions during the past three decades to measuring the distortionary effects of trade policies. It does not pretend to be comprehensive, but draws on selections from the literature that give a sense of the distance the profession has travelled from a trade policy practitionerÂ’s viewpoint since CordenÂ’s first paper on the subject in 1957. Phenomenal though that progress has been, there is ample room for further improvement in computing the economic (and other) effects of trade-related policies and their reform. The paper concludes with suggestions of where the priorities should be in global modelling of trade policy reform, as the world moves into the next round of multilateral trade negotiations.

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  • Kym Anderson, 2002. "Measuring Effects of Trade Policy Distortions: How far have we come?," Centre for International Economic Studies Working Papers 2002-09, University of Adelaide, Centre for International Economic Studies.
    • Handle: RePEc:adl:cieswp:2002-09
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    10. Touré, Ali A. & Groenewald, Jan & Seck, Papa Abdoulaye & Diagne, Aliou, 2013. "Analysing policy-induced effects on irrigated rice performance," 2013 Fourth International Conference, September 22-25, 2013, Hammamet, Tunisia 160288, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE).
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    14. Touré, Ali A. & Groenewald, Jan & Seck, Papa Abdoulaye & Diagne, Aliou, 2023. "Analysing policy-induced effects on the performance of irrigated rice," African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, African Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 18(01), April.
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    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • K14 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Criminal Law
    • Q17 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agriculture in International Trade

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