An eight-sector, single-period, agricultural-focused computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of Malaysia using 1983 as the base year was developed to evaluate effects from changes in the external trade environment and domestic economic policies. The simulation results demonstrate the growing...

Agricultural shares of output and employment in thirteen Pacific basin countries are analyzed with reference to a global baseline for 1980. Per-capita output parity ratios are lower in the ASEAN, ANICs, and Japan as compared to their trading partners in North America and Oceania. Wide...

A political preference function is used to endogenize government actions in a simultaneous equation model for South Korean rice policy. The effects of economic changes on rice pricing decisions through estimated political weights are tested to improve our understanding of policy adjustments in...

The processes of agricultural policy decision-making in the East Asian economies of Japan, Taiwan, and Korea are characterized by the complex interactions of competing special interest groups in their respective political arenas. An analytical model is designed to investigate how adjustments in...

Midterm effects of alternative quota adjustments on production, prices, and orchard retirements are simulated taking into account interseasonal effects between early and late varieties. Real world corroboration is accomplished through institutional and technical feedbacks and the recent...

A U.S.-Nebraska linked quarterly econometric model is used to examine i~?acts on the corn, beef and hog industries from immediate and gradual removal of price supports. The results indicate that the agriculture sector is more adversely affected from removal of price supports gradually than...