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How export restrictive measures affect trade of agricultural commodities
Liapis, Peter S. - 2013
lowered exports from intervening countries, competitors were able to compensate. For the world rice market, however, export … restrictions significantly lowered exports of interfering countries, but other rice suppliers filled the gap as total imports were …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009767965
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Agro-food trade, GVCs and agricultural development in ASEAN
Greenville, Jared; Kawasaki, Kentaro - 2018
The countries that compromise the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have expanded their involvement in global agro-food trade through strong regional production growth and increasing consumer demands from population growth and higher incomes. Regional and international agro-food...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011955810
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The changing landscape of agricultural markets and trade : prospects for future reforms
OECD - 2019
This report synthesises OECD work analysing agricultural policies, markets and trade. It highlights recent developments in agricultural markets and policies and considers how these have changed the source and nature of the gains from multilateral reform, and considers opportunities for further...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011955820
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Food Price Spikes, Price Insulation and Poverty
Anderson, Kym; Martin, Will J; Ivanic, Maros - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
added substantially to the spike in international prices for rice, wheat, maize, and oilseeds. As a result, although …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969350
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Export Restrictions and Price Insulation During Commodity Price Booms
Anderson, Kym; Martin, Will - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
estimates of agricultural distortions to assess its contribution to the price spikes in 1972-4 and 2006-8 for rice and wheat …. The analysis suggests that 45 percent of the increase in rice prices in 2006-8, and 30 percent of the increase in wheat …-insulating behavior by the industrial countries. This provides little stabilizing benefit in the rice market because countries not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009207521
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Sensitive products in the Doha negotiations: The case of European and Japanese market access
Gouel, Christophe; Mitaritonna, Cristina; Ramos, Maria … - In: Economic Modelling 28 (2011) 6, pp. 2395-2403
Given the highly concentrated distribution of agricultural protection, allowing in the negotiations too many exceptions through sensitive products puts at risk the objectives of World Trade Organization. This issue is difficult to analyze with the commonly used applied trade models, because they...
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Reforming Agriculture and Promoting Japan's Integration in the World Economy
Jones, Randall S.; Kimura, Shingo - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
The problems of Japanese agriculture – in particular low productivity and the prevalence of part-time farmers and small plots have been evident for the past 50 years. The high level and distortionary nature of agriculture support imposes burdens on consumers and taxpayers, undermines the...
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Structural Change in Commodity Markets: Have Agricultural Markets Become Thinner?
Liapis, Pete - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2012
It is generally asserted that markets of internationally traded agricultural commodities are thin and more volatile, but with little supporting evidence. For internationally traded agricultural products, it is not clear what constitutes “thin” markets and how this “thinness” contributes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276769
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Modernising Canada's Agricultural Policies
Jarrett, Peter - 2008
The agricultural sector in Canada is relatively large, compared to those in most other G7 countries. In recent years, the federal and provincial governments have undertaken a number of sectoral reforms to meet the competitiveness and environmental challenges that it faces. The federal government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445952
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China's grain reserves, price support and import policies : examining the medium-term market impacts of alternative policy scenarios
Deuss, Annelies; Adenäuer, Marcel - 2020
reserves of maize. This paper investigates what would happen if China were to also eliminate its support prices for rice and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012249036