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The Tariff Equivalent and Forgone Trade Effects of Prohibitive Technical Barriers to Trade
Yue, Chengyan; Beghin, John C. - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2007
We derive a method to econometrically estimate the tariff equivalent and foregone trade effects of a prohibitive technical barrier to trade (TBT) based on Wales and Woodland's Kuhn-Tucker approach to corner solutions in consumer choice. The method overcomes the lack of observed data on bilateral...
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Welfare Assessment of SPS Standards: An Empirical Study of Indo-US Mango Trade Dispute
Rastogi, Siddhartha.K.Rastogi - Indian Institute of Foreign Trade - 2011
Phytosanitary (SPS) standards. However, in the absence of any past experience and concrete scientific or empirical evidence … irradiation, the policy favored by US and presently in force, and; 4) free trade, policy regime with no SPS standards in place … sensitivity analysis is performed, indicating that the developed north can afford to be more flexible in adopting SPS standards …
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Non-Tariff Measures with Market Imperfections: Trade and Welfare Implications
Beghin, John C. - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2013
This book presents new developments in non tariff measure (NTM) policy analysis by leading authors in the field, from conceptual developments and methodology improvements, to a series of innovative cases studies. A novel policy research agenda underlies the book recognizing that some NTMs are...
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Political Economy of Public Policies: Insights from Distortions to Agricultural and Food Markets
Anderson, Kym; Rausser, Gordon; Swinnen, Johan - LICOS Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance, … - 2012
The agricultural and food sector is an ideal case for investigating the political economy of public policies. Many of the policy developments in this sector since the 1950s have been sudden and transformational, while others have been gradual but persistent. This article reviews and synthesizes...
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Trade Dimensions of Food Security
Brooks, Jonathan; Matthews, Alan - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2015
This report examines the different channels through which trade openness (and reforms to achieve it) can affect a country’s food security. The overall conclusion is that trade openness has a positive net impact on food security, although specific constituencies, including some poor households,...
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Ntms, Agricultural and Food Trade, and Competitiveness. A Special Issue of The World Economy
Beghin, John C.; Orden, David - Department of Economics, Iowa State University - 2012
NTMs, Agricultural and Food Trade, and Competitiveness  Special Issue of The World Economy (forthcoming). Selected Papers from a European Commission co-funded Project on Assessment the Impacts of Non-tariff Measures on Competitiveness of the EU and Selected Trade Partners. Guest Editors: John...
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International Trade Policies Affecting Agricultural Incentives in Developing Countries
Anderson, Kym - In: Handbook of Agricultural Economics
outlining the basic measurement theory, the chapter provides a brief history of policies of advanced and developing economies …
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Economic Impacts of the New European Banana Market Regime: The Case of Germany.
Herrmann, Roland - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 218 (1999) 1+2, pp. 63-84
The objectives of this paper are (i) to assess the actual economic implications of the new European banana policy on prices, consumption and trade in Germany within a theoretical and quantitative analysis; (ii) to elaborate the welfare implications of the European banana market policy on the...
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An Approach to Identify First Signs of a Development toward a Cyclical Turning Point.
Goldrian, Georg; Lehne, Birgit - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 218 (1999) 3+4, pp. 309-324
The usual estimation methods provide only a blurred picture of the cyclical development for the current values of a time series, the section that is of most interest for short-term economic analysis. As an alternative, an approach to identify first signs of a development toward a cyclical...
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Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Australia Since World War II
Anderson, Kym; Lloyd, Peter; MacLaren, Donald - Centre for International Economic Studies, School of … - 2007
AustraliaÂ’s lacklustre economic growth performance in the first four decades following World War II was in part due to an anti-trade, anti-primary sector bias in government assistance policies. This paper provides new annual estimates of the extent of those biases since 1946 and their...
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