IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bla/coecpo/v12y1994i3p67-78.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Measuring Non‐Tariff Barriers To Differentiated Import Products

Author

Listed:
  • BENOIT‐M. PAPILLON

Abstract

Trade policy analysts frequently use the price‐gap method to measure non‐tariff barriers (NTB). A very recent example is the tariffication of NTBs following the Uruguay Round. This paper discusses the limitations of applying the price‐gap method to differentiated products and introduces a modified price‐gap method. This modified price‐gap method is a less frequently used generalization of the original one. Using the modified price‐gap method to estimate the tariff equivalent of the Canadian cheese import quotas produces a substantially lower estimate than does the original method.

Suggested Citation

  • Benoit‐M. Papillon, 1994. "Measuring Non‐Tariff Barriers To Differentiated Import Products," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 12(3), pages 67-78, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:coecpo:v:12:y:1994:i:3:p:67-78
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-7287.1994.tb00435.x
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-7287.1994.tb00435.x
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1111/j.1465-7287.1994.tb00435.x?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Robert E. Baldwin, 1989. "Measuring Nontariff Trade Policies," NBER Working Papers 2978, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. Hornig, Ellen & Boisvert, Richard N & Blandford, David, 1990. "Quota Rents and Subsidies: The Case of U.S. Cheese Import Quotas," European Review of Agricultural Economics, Oxford University Press and the European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation, vol. 17(4), pages 421-434.
    3. David G. Raboy & Teri Simpson, 1992. "A Methodology for Tariffication of Commodity Trade In the Presence of Quality Differences-The Case of Peanuts," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 15(2), pages 271-281, March.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Arribas, Iván & Bensassi, Sami & Tortosa-Ausina, Emili, 2020. "Trade integration in the European Union: Openness, interconnectedness, and distance," The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 52(C).
    2. Iván Arribas & Francisco Pérez & Emili Tortosa-Ausina, 2014. "The dynamics of international trade integration: 1967–2004," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 46(1), pages 19-41, February.
    3. David G. Raboy & Steven N. Wiggins, 1997. "Intangible Capital, Hedonic Pricing, and International Transfer Prices," Public Finance Review, , vol. 25(4), pages 347-365, July.
    4. Olivier Cadot & Julien Gourdon, 2012. "Assessing the price-raising effect of non-tariff measures in Africa," Working Papers 2012-16, CEPII research center.
    5. Olivier Cadot & Julien Gourdon, 2016. "Non-tariff measures, preferential trade agreements, and prices: new evidence," Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer;Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), vol. 152(2), pages 227-249, May.
    6. Ms. Xiangming Li, 2003. "Trade Liberalization and Real Exchange Rate Movement," IMF Working Papers 2003/124, International Monetary Fund.
    7. Iryna Prykhodko, 2015. "The Institutional Barriers' Impact On The Economic Growth In The International Economic Integration," Baltic Journal of Economic Studies, Publishing house "Baltija Publishing", vol. 1(1).
    8. Carmen Fillat & Eva Pardos, 2007. "Alternative measures for trade restrictiveness. A gravity approach," Documentos de Trabajo dt2007-02, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Universidad de Zaragoza.
    9. Chau, Nancy H. & Färe, Rolf, 2011. "Shadow pricing market access: A trade benefit function approach," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 146(4), pages 1631-1663, July.
    10. Diakosavvas, Dimitris, 1995. "How integrated are world beef markets? The case of Australian and U.S. beef markets," Agricultural Economics, Blackwell, vol. 12(1), pages 37-53, April.
    11. David G. Raboy & Teri L. Simpson & Bing Xu, 1995. "A Transition Proposal for Lomé Convention Trade Preferences: The Case of the EU Banana Regime," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 18(4), pages 565-581, July.
    12. Baccouche, Rafik & Bouoiyour, Jamal & Hatem, M’Henni & Mouley, Sami, 2008. "Dynamique des investissements, mutations sectorielles et convertibilité du compte de capital : impacts des mesures de libéralisation et expériences comparées Tunisie - Maroc [Dynamics of investment," MPRA Paper 38148, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    13. Epstein, Philip & Howlett, Peter & Schulze, Max-Stephan, 2004. "Trade, convergence and globalisation: the dynamics of change in the international income distribution, 1950-1998," Economic History Working Papers 13295, London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History.
    14. Jose Luis Moraga-Gonzalez & Jean-Marie Viaene, 2003. "An Example of Procompetitive Trade Policies," Working Papers 504, Research Seminar in International Economics, University of Michigan.
    15. Jean-Louis Combes & Tahsin Saadi-Sedik, 2006. "How does trade openness influence budget deficits in developing countries?," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 42(8), pages 1401-1416.
    16. Mariarosaria Agostino, 2007. "World Bank Trade Adjustment Loans and Export Policy Distortions," Journal of Economic Policy Reform, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 10(2), pages 143-162.
    17. Pritchett, Lant, 1996. "Measuring outward orientation in LDCs: Can it be done?," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 49(2), pages 307-335, May.
    18. Andriamananjara, Shuby & Nash, John, 1997. "Have trade policy reforms led to greater openness in developing countries : evidence from readily available trade data," Policy Research Working Paper Series 1730, The World Bank.
    19. Ingco, Merlinda D., 1995. "Agricultural trade liberalization in the Uruguay Round : one step forward, one step back?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 1500, The World Bank.
    20. Maria Cipollina & Luca Salvatici, 2008. "Measuring Protection: Mission Impossible?," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 22(3), pages 577-616, July.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bla:coecpo:v:12:y:1994:i:3:p:67-78. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/weaaaea.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.