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Regional trade agreements (RTAs) have become increasingly prevalent since the early 1990s. However few studies exist on the effects of RTAs on agrifood trade and very little differentiate trade in raw agricultural products from trade in processed food products. This paper focuses on the agrifood...

Reviewing the existing literature on openness and growth shows that there is not a clear definition of trade openness. For many authors trade openness implicitly refers to trade policy orientation and what they are interested in is to assess the impact of trade policy or trade liberalization on...

Most of the European Union’s (EU) import sources for rice are in developing countries and the least-developed countries (LDCs). The EU has moreover made a commitment to allow duty-free and quota-free access to rice imports originating in the LDCs from September 2009 onward. The purpose of this...

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Since January 1, 2001, twelve countries are taking part to the EMU. The introduction of the single currency is the result of a long process of convergence. The European Monetary System which was created in 1979 was already conceived in such a way that established a closer monetary cooperation...

L’épisode de hausse de prix des produits agricoles sur la période 2006-2008 a remis au cÅ“ur des préoccupations internationales la question de la sécurité alimentaire mondiale. Dans ce contexte, les Pays les Moins Avancés sont passés, depuis le début des années 1990, d’une...

This article focuses on the comparison of sacrifice ratios as an indicator for structural dispersion within the euro area over the period 1972-2003. Estimates of the sacrifice ratio, defined as the cumulative output cost arising from permanent inflation reduction, are obtained using structural...

This article focuses on the comparison of sacrifice ratios as an indicator for structural dispersion within the euro area over the period 1972-2003. Estimates of the sacrifice ratio, defined as the cumulative output cost arising from permanent inflation reduction, are obtained using structural...

Les analyses empiriques consacrées aux asymétries de chocs entre pays d’une union monétaire sont l’objet d’un bilan à l’occasion de l’entrée de la Slovénie dans la zone euro et de l’élargissement de l’Union européenne. Les résultats contrastés peuvent être expliqués...