There is no consensus about how globalization –trade and foreign investments – affects poverty reduction. Using … household survey data, this study contributes to the empirical literature on globalization and poverty by analyzing the … household-level implications of increased foreign investments and trade in the horticulture sector in Senegal. In many aspects …

A regime-switching model for analysis of market integration has been developed that incorporates rate of trade … information. An application of the methods to United States–China soybean trade demonstrates that the extended trade information … limited competition. The United States–China price linkage is observed to be closer after China’s World Trade Organization …

The volatility of agricultural markets has increased remarkably in recent years. In spite of this, the way in … whichsupply chain actors perceive market volatility has only rarely been analyzed. This paper seeks to close thisresearch gap by … presenting empirical findings about how the volatility of agricultural markets is perceived, howincreasing market volatilities …

sector adjust to trade shocks. In this application, a global computable general equilibrium model is used to determine trade … employment effects of trade shocks are quite small, with the possible exception of the highly protected sugar sector …Trade negotiators are concerned about the possible negative effects of trade liberalisation on employment in specific …

assess the impact of international rice trade policies onthe patterns of production, consumption, trade, and prices, from an …, namely, (1) trade policy groups, and (2) countries, toobtain a better idea of the partial effect of policies and or countries …, itcan contribute to an improved understanding of trade policy for regional and global rice supply and,thus, for improved …