A Measurement of Aggregate Trade Restrictions and their Economic Effects /

We develop a new Measure of Aggregate Trade Restrictions (MATR) using data from the IMF's Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions. MATR is an empirical measure of how restrictive official government policy is towards the international flow of goods and services. MATR is...

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Autor Principal: Estefania-Flores, Julia
Outros autores: Furceri, Davide, Hannan, Swarnali, Ostry, Jonathan
Formato: Revista
Idioma:English
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2022.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2022/001
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Acceso en liña:Full text available on IMF
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650 7 |a Empricial, Data, Protection, Tariffs and Non-Tariff Barriers  |2 imf 
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