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Trade Dimensions of Food Security
Brooks, Jonathan; Matthews, Alan - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2015
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, could see their immediate food security threatened by the withdrawal … is unlikely to jeopardise food security. Developing countries are increasingly able to deploy such targeted instruments …
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Agricultural and Trade Policy Reforms in Latin America: Impacts on Markets and Welfare
Anderson, Kym; Valenzuela, Ernesto - School of Economics, University of Adelaide - 2009
retrospectively since the early 1980s and prospectively as of 2004, (d) comparisons with similar estimates for Asia, Africa and high …
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Shifting Armington trade preferences: A re-examination of the Mercosur–EU negotiations
Philippidis, G.; Resano, H.; Sanjuán, A.I. - In: Economic Modelling 40 (2014) C, pp. 21-32
This paper examines the ‘small share’ problem inherent within the constant elasticity of substitution Armington specification. As a de facto research tool in the quantitative trade literature, this structural bias plagues the results of numerous multi-region CGE studies. Kuiper and van...
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The effects of reducing European and American subsidies on agricultural exports of developing countries
Torayeh, Neveen M. - In: Journal of Developing Areas 44 (2011) 2, pp. 349-366
Although the key issue in the WTO negotiations on agriculture is subsidies reduction, the EU and USA still account more than 85% of the world agriculture subsidies. An important policy question confronting developing countries is whether the reduction agreed within the Hong Kong conference could...
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Market and Welfare Effects of Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling in the U.S. Specialty Crops Sector: An Application to Fresh Market Apples
Plastina, Alejandro; Giannakas, Konstantinos; Pick, Daniel - In: Southern Economic Journal 77 (2011) 4, pp. 1044-1069
This study provides a new framework of analysis of the market and welfare effects of mandatory country-of-origin labeling (MCOOL) for fruits and vegetables that accounts for heterogeneous consumer preferences, differences in producer agronomic characteristics, and retailer market power. The...
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Measurement of Costs and Benefits of Accession to the European Union for Selected Countries in Central and Eastern Europe
Mortensen, Jorgen; Richter, Sandor - Wiener Institut für Internationale … - 2000
This paper is the final report of a research project whose aim was to analyse the methodology of calculating the costs and benefits for the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia of the envisaged accession to the European Union. The research focused particularly on the impact of the...
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Removal of U.S. Ethanol Domestic and Trade Distortions: Impact on U.S. and Brazilian Ethanol Markets
Elobeid, Amani; Tokgoz, Simla - Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute … - 2006
We analyze the impact of trade liberalization and removal of the federal tax credit in the United States on U.S. and Brazilian ethanol markets using a multi-market international ethanol model calibrated on 2005 market data and policies. The removal of trade distortions induces a 23.2 percent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005034936
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Removal of U.S. Ethanol Domestic and Trade Distortions: Impact on U.S. and Brazilian Ethanol Markets
Elobeid, Amani; Tokgoz, Simla - Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), … - 2006
We analyze the impact of trade liberalization and removal of the federal tax credit in the United States on U.S. and Brazilian ethanol markets using a multi-market international ethanol model calibrated on 2005 market data and policies. The removal of trade distortions induces a 23.2 percent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005034951
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American and European Agricultural Market Access: A Concern for The South?
Gouel, Christophe; Ramos, Maria Priscila - In: La Lettre du CEPII (2008) 277
still blocked. Now suddenly the food crisis that has been developing over the last few months has put agricultural issues …
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The Art of Exceptions: Sensitive Products in the Doha Negotiations
Gouel, Christophe; Mitaritonna, Cristina; Ramos, Maria … - Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations … - 2010
It is necessary for multilateral trade negotiations to include exceptions to accommodate politically sensitive sectors. However, given the highly concentrated distribution of agricultural protection, too many exceptions put at risk the objectives of World Trade Organization. This paper assesses...
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