This short note computes Trade Restrictiveness Index measures for current U.S. trade policy. Building on the ideas of Anderson and Neary (1996, 2005), the Trade Restrictiveness Index is the uniform ta
This dataset was created to support the replication of the study titled \"Shifting Dynamics in WTO Ministerial Statements: A Textual Analysis of Member Engagement, 1996–2024\", which investigates long
Electoral incentives affect legislators’ responsiveness to voters, parties, and other stakeholders. Proportional representation electoral systems with party control over nominations foster party disci
The Lerner Symmetry Theorem (Lerner, 1936) establishes the equivalence between import tariffs and export taxes in a simple neoclassical economy with two countries, two final goods, and no trade costs.
We explore the impact of the formation of regional free trade agreements on the ability of countries to maintain low cooperative multilateral tariffs. We assume that countries can not make binding int
