A measurement concept to test for convergence or divergence in food consumption is proposed and applied to the demand for food nutrients in OECD countries in 1978 and 1988. The analysis distinguishes between absolute and relative convergence and reveals that absolute and relative differences in...

A broad commodity-related data base is utilized to investigate the structure of agricultural protection in developing countries over time. A decomposition approach for net nominal rates of protection, which distinguishes direct and indirect agricultural policies, is proposed and applied to...