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Meta-Analysis of General and Partial Equilibrium Simulations of Doha Round Outcomes

Hess, Sebastian; von Cramon-Taubadel, Stephan - 2006

Quantification of welfare changes due to trade liberalisation play a crucial role for political decision making. However, meaningful comparisons of simulation results from different sources are difficult. Often significant differences in simulated gains from liberalisation do not serve to...

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THE EFFECTS OF TRADE DISTORTIONS: THE CASE OF THE SUGARCANE-ETHANOL INDUSTRY IN BRAZIL VERSUS THE CORN-ETHANOL INDUSTRY IN THE U.S.

Martinez-Gonzalez, Ariadna - 2007

In order to compensate for the gap in price competitiveness derived from fossil fuel production still being more price-competitive than production of biofuels, the ethanol industry is heavily subsidized inside and protected from the outside in both the U.S. and Brazil. In this paper we assess...

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Would Subsidizing a Food Pathogen Vaccine Upset the Food Policy Applecart

Marette, Stephan; Roe, Brian E.; Teisl, Mario F. - 2010

Vaccines against several common foodborne pathogens are being developed and could substantially alter the policy tools available to address foodborne illness. However, little analysis is available to suggest how social welfare would be affected by these new vaccines. To address this void, we use...

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Impact of Free Trade Agreements on the Colombian Beef Sector

Gomez, Miguel I.; Frank, Julieta; Parra, Tatiana - 2010

Colombia negotiated bilateral Trade Agreements (TAs) with the UnitedStates and with the MERCOSUR region (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, andUruguay). Colombian cattle and beef interest groups argue that TAshurt the local beef supply chain. We employ a partial equilibriumframework to assess the...

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Global Implications of U.S. Biofuels Policies in an Integrated Partial and General Equilibrium Framework

Birur, Dileep K.; Beach, Robert H.; Hertel, Thomas W.; … - 2010

With the increasing research interests in biofuels, global implications of biofuels production have been generally examined either in a partial equilibrium (PE) or general equilibrium (GE) frameworks. Though both of these approaches have unique strengths, they also suffer from many limitations...

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O setor agroexportador brasileiro no contexto da integração Mercosul/UE1

Vieira, Norberto Martins; Carvalho, Fatima Marilia … - 2009

From the prospect of implementation of the Mercosul/UE agreement, which should allow the strengthening of the trade between the two blocks, we analyzed the possiblegains in two alternative scenarios of integration using a Partial Equilibrium Model for the estimation of trade creation and trade...

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Partial versus General Equilibrium Calorie and Revenue Effects of a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax

Dharmasena, Senarath; Davis, George C.; Capps, Oral - 2011

The current obesity crisis in the United States is generating numerous alternative policy options for combating the problem. One alternative that has been widely proposed is an excise or sales tax on sugar-sweetened non-alcoholic beverages. This literature started out within a very simple...

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Measuring Competition between Non-Food and Food Demand on World Grain Markets : Is Biofuel Production Compatible with Pressure for Food Production ?

Benjamin, Catherine; Houee-Bigot, Magalie - 2007

The flow of agricultural products between countries is conditioned by several factors including domestic and trade policy tools for the main competing exporters countries, and macroeconomic variables (such as real income per capita, rate of population growth,etc). Important structural changes...

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11.202 Gateway: Planning Economics, Fall 2002

Levy, Frank - 2002

Introduces applications of microeconomic theory to planning problems including urban form and structure, environmental … to city planning students: location theory, the interplay between externalities and zoning, international trade and … Good and Externality Theory in Practice; Location Theory and the Economic Rationale of Cities; Globalization, Trade and …

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11.202 Gateway: Planning Economics, Fall 2004

Levy, Frank - 2004

particular interest to city planning students: location theory, the interplay between externalities and zoning, international …

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