Similar Search Results

Political Economy of Agricultural Distortions: The Literature to Date

Swinnen, Johan F.M. - 2009

The 1980s and first half of the 1990s were a very active period in the field of political economy of agricultural protection. While the past decade has witnessed a slowdown in this area, there have been very important developments on political economy in other parts of the economics profession....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005014820

Determinants of Farm Policies in the United States, 1996-2008

Orden, David; Blandford, David; Josling, Timothy E. - 2009

This paper focuses on the political economy of U.S. farm policy since the Uruguay Round trade negotiations concluded in 1994 and established the WTO. The continued ability of the powerful farm lobby in the United States to elicit support in the political arena is evident from this analysis. Yet...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005014821

Distribution of Agricultural NRAs across Countries and Products, 1955-84 and 1985-2007

Anderson, Kym; Croser, Johanna L. - 2009

The global database developed as an integral part of the World Bank's research project on Distortions to Agricultural Incentives, which is publicly available at www.worldbank.org/agdistortions, provides around 30,000 estimates of nominal rates of assistance to agricultural industries (NRAs) and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005014822

Agricultural Distortion Patterns Since the 1950s: What Needs Explaining?

Anderson, Kym; Croser, Johanna L.; Sandri, Damiano; … - 2009

This paper summarizes a new database that sheds light on the impact of trade-related policy developments over the past half century on distortions to agricultural incentives and thus also to consumer prices for food in 75 countries spanning the per capita income spectrum. Price-support policies...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005014823

Explaining Agricultural Distortion Patterns : The Roles of Ideology, Inequality, Lobbying and Public Finance

Dutt, Pushan; Mitra, Devashish - 2009

In this paper, we examine the political economy drivers of the variation in agricultural protection, both across countries and within countries over time. The paper starts by listing the key insights provided by both the theoretical and empirical literature on the political economy of trade...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005014824

The Poverty Impacts of Global Commodity Trade Liberalization

Hertel, Thomas W.; Keeney, Roman - 2009

This paper examines the poverty impacts of global merchandise trade reform by looking at a wide range of developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Overall, we find that trade reform tends to reduce poverty primarily through the inclusion of agricultural components. The majority of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068529

Welfare and Poverty Effects of Global Agricultural and Trade Policies Using the Linkage Model

Anderson, Kym; Valenzuela, Ernesto; van der … - 2009

This paper analyzes the economic effects of agricultural price and merchandise trade policies around the world as of 2004 on global markets, net farm incomes, and national and regional economic welfare and poverty, using the global economy wide Linkage Model, new estimates of agricultural price...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068530

Agricultural Trade Reform and Poverty in Thailand: A General Equilibrium Analysis

Warr, Peter G. - 2009

A general equilibrium modeling approach is used to estimate the effects within Thailand of unilateral and global trade liberalization, including effects on poverty incidence. It is concluded that across the board trade liberalization is poverty-reducing within Thailand, whether other countries...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068531

Would Trade Liberalization Help the Poor of Brazil?

Filho, Ferreira; Souza, Joaquim Bento de; Horridge, Mark - 2009

distribution in Brazil, using an inter-regional applied general equilibrium (AGE) and a micro-simulation model of Brazil tailored … agriculture to expand considerably and so, given the importance that agriculture still has for the poorest in Brazil, it has … positive impacts on poverty in Brazil. The only states which show an increase in the number of poor households are Sao Paulo …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068532

Political Economy of Agricultural Trade Interventions in Africa

Bates, Robert H.; Block, Steven A. - 2009

Replaced with revised version of paper 08/25/09.

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068533

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Next
Last