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We examine the impact of intellectual property rights (IPRs) on US exports of biological, medicinal, botanical, and pharmaceutical products. We find that: (1) strong IPRs enhance monopoly power of US exports in countries with weak imitative abilities; and (2) strong IPRs expand markets for US...
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Increased consumption of foods containing plant sterols has the potential to reduce the incidence of coronary heart disease (CHD) and thus reduce costs associated with treating that disease in a significant way. This paper reports the results of an investigation of the potential monetary...
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from consuming household public goods. Contradictory evidence that per capita demand for food declines with household size … high-value foods, and so they substitute towards cheaper and basic foods, whose per capita demand increases with household … size. However, since high-value foods form a larger proportion of the budget on all foods, per capita demand for all foods …
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We estimate the demand for imported cotton in China and assess the competitiveness of cotton-exporting countries. Given … between the C4 countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Mali) and United States in China. Demand estimates are used to project … how U.S. prices affect China’s imports by country. In comparing demand projections, results show that the relationship …
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In order to reduce obesity and associated costs, policymakers are considering various policies, including taxes, to change consumers’ high-calorie consumption habits. We investigate two sweet tax policies aimed at reducing added sweetener consumption. Both a consumption tax on sweet goods and...
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A meta-analysis of reported water demand elasticities shows that publication selection bias results in water demand …. A random effects estimator is used to derive water demand elasticity estimates that are efficient and unbiased by … elasticity estimate drops to -.08%. Indoor water demand is almost perfectly inelastic. Water demands and their elasticities are …
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drivers of demand that include geographic proximity, relationships with farmers, and support for local economies. There are … is also potential for increases in sales of prepared foods and meats. And, while there is demand for other product … these locations, must be considered along with knowledge of demand. …
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This paper develops an economic and econometric analysis of demand dynamics, with an application to US aggregate data … marginal benefits. The analysis uncovers strong statistical evidence of demand dynamics, especially for food. We find that the …
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The rapid income per capita of Chinese consumers and increasing demand for nearly all agricultural products have …
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