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Previous empirical studies of the pollution haven hypothesis (PHH) have not reached a consistent conclusion. The … the most polluting production, which provides the evidence for pollution haven effect (PHE). However, we find no evidence … policies on the tradeoff between pollution control and international competitiveness since the innovative ability may both …
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The US held the largest share in the Japanese sorghum market for 20 years. However, in recent years Australia’s share of the same market has been constantly growing to claim the top position despite the fact that the US sorghum price is cheaper in that country. The ratio of US vs Australian...
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Recently, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed biofuel requirements for 2014 that suggest the use of ethanol would probably be lower than the volume previously envisioned in the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007. The impact of waiving down the mandate in the U.S.,...
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This paper analyzes the transmission from global commodity to domestic food prices for a large set of countries. First, a theoretical model is developed to explain price transmission for different trade regimes. Drawing from the competitive storage model under rational expectations, it is shown...
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The Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program for farmers was established in 2002 to assist farmers adversely affected by import surges. Since its introduction, the program has been mostly underused by farmers, and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) in 2009 eased the program rules...
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I introduce a novel general equilibrium framework for agricultural trade policy analysis with heterogeneous producers in which agro-ecological characteristics in uence patterns of specialization within the sector and trade costs are product-specific. This induces substantial variation in market...
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