Die Diskussion der Vorschläge zur weiteren Reform des globalen Agrarhandels hat zurzeit Hochkonjunktur. Im vorliegenden Beitrag werden die Effekte des Harbinson-Papiers in seiner revidierten Fassung vom März 2003 mit Hilfe eines umfangreich erweiterten GTAP-Modells analysiert. Mit Hilfe eines...

This paper presents new data on the content of preferential trade agreements. The data contain detailed information on the 18 policy areas most frequently covered in preferential trade agreements, focusing on the stated objectives, substantive commitments, and other aspects such as transparency,...

Trade policy has been one of the most important issues in agricultural economics for more than 200 years. Our focus here is on evaluating relatively recent contributions to the understanding of agricultural trade policy and trade agreements. We present some background concerning trade policies...