This paper presents the technical background for our computable general equilibrium (CGE) analysis of different worldwide liberalization scenarios in agricultural markets. The main features of the examined agricultural protection policies are explained and descriptions of the applied economic...

Externe Effekte zwischen Wirtschaftssubjekten spielen in der Ökonomie eine herausragende Rolle. Solche durch wirtschaftliche Aktivität verursachten Externalitäten wirken auf das Wohlfahrtsniveau Dritter ein, ohne daß dafür eine marktliche Kompensation erfolgen würde. Die vorliegende...

The business literature and recent descriptive evidence show that exporting firms typically require the help of foreign trade intermediaries or need to set up own foreign wholesale affiliates. In contrast, conventional trade theory models assume that producers can directly access foreign...

Trade economists traditionally study the effect of lower variable trade costs. While increasingly important politically, technical barriers to trade (TBTs) have received less attention. Viewing TBTs as fixed regulatory costs related to the entry into export markets, we use a model with...