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Two-tier asymmetric information as a motive for trade, trade policies, and inefficient trade agreements:
Bouët, Antoine; Laborde Debucquet, David; Martimort, David - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
This theoretical paper intends to provide an explanation of the implementation of behind-the-border policies, border policies, and of the inefficiency of trade negotiations. We consider a general equilibrium model of international trade with two identical countries, two commodities, a...
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The tide that does not raise all boats: An assessment of EU preferential trade policies:
Cipollina, Maria; Laborde Debucquet, David; Salvatici, Luca - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
The aim of this paper is to assess of the impact of the European Union’s trade preferences on global trade, focusing on several methodological issues that are relevant to the trade-creating impact of these preferences. Using highly disaggregated eight-digit data in a theoretically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132657
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Food security in a world of natural resource scarcity: The role of agricultural technologies
Rosegrant, Mark W.; Koo, Jawoo; Cenacchi, Nicola; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The world’s population is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050. Climate change, population, and income growth will drive food demand in the coming decades. Baseline scenarios show food prices for maize, rice, and wheat would significantly increase between 2005 and 2050, and the number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132821
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From Malthus to Ohlin: Trade, Growth and Distribution Since 1500
O'Rourke, Kevin Hjortshøj; Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
A recent endogenous growth literature has focused on the transition from a Malthusian world where real wages were linked to factor endowments, to one where modern growth has broken that link. In this Paper we present evidence on another, related phenomenon: the dramatic reversal in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123980
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The Commodity Export, Growth, and Distribution Connection in Southeast Asia 1500-1940
Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
This paper explores Southeast Asia's trade performance over the four and a half centuries from 1500 to 1940. It … identifies the determinants of the commodity export performance – falling trade costs, income growth of its trading partners, and … improved supply conditions at home. It also explores its impact on Southeast Asia's growth performance: trade specialization …
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