@article{Beghin:332328,
      recid = {332328},
      author = {Beghin, John Christopher and Disdier, Anne-Celia and  Marette, Stéphan},
      title = {Trade Restrictiveness Indices in Presence of  Externalities: An Application to Non-Tariff Measures},
      address = {2013},
      pages = {44},
      year = {2013},
      note = {Presented at the 16th Annual Conference on Global Economic  Analysis, Shanghai, China},
      abstract = {We extend the trade restrictiveness index approach to the  case of market imperfections and domestic regulations  addressing them. We focus on standard-like non-tariff  measures (NTMs) affecting cost of production and  potentially enhancing demand by increasing product quality  or reducing negative externalities. We apply the framework  to the database of Kee et al. (2009) and derive ad valorem  equivalents (AVEs) for NTMs. Half of the product lines  affected by NTMs exhibit negative AVEs, indicating a net  trade-facilitating effect of NTMs. Accounting for these  effects significantly reduces previous measures of  countries’ trade policy restrictiveness obtained while  constraining NTMs to be trade reducing.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/332328},
}