While the positive effect of market access (MA) on population and economic growth has shown to be robust, the results in the literature were obtained in a context of population growth. This article examines the impact that MA has on a system of cities that has suffered a negative population...

This paper reviews the opportunities and challenges that Eastern African farmers face in accessing domestic, regional and international markets. With rising population and incomes, domestic markets offer great opportunities for farmers. However, because of structural, institutional and...

Most of the large tariff reductions achieved in multilateral tradenegotiations have involved tariff-cutting formulas such as the "Swiss"formula. However, wide variations in initial tariff rates between activeparticipants call for new approaches under the Doha Development Agenda.This paper...

This article examines the effect of market access and human capital on regional wage disparities in Ecuador using the wage equation of the core-periphery model of the New Economic Geography and a multi-level model. Our results, based on cross-sectional data, suggest that market access has a...

The great diversity of agricultural activities and practices across the African continent has significant implications for technology transfer and productivity growth. This paper compiles diverse spatial data on biophysical conditions, farming systems, demographics, and infrastructure to...

On the basis of defining the concept of market access for agricultural products, this paper analyzes the necessity of establishing market access system of agricultural products, proposes the conception of establishing market access system of agricultural products in China; sets up the frame of...

We analyze competition in product lines by multi-product oligopolists that have preferential access to a local market but can supply a rival's market by incurring distance costs. We show that the width and degree of overlap in the product lines is greater in large markets and when the products...

The livestock sector is a large contributor to the Ethiopian economy as well as a mainstay in the livelihoods of many Ethiopians. It comprised 11 percent of national GDP and 24 percent of agricultural GDP between the years of 1995/96 and 2005/06 (NBE 2005/06). Livestock production and markets...

This paper examines recent trends in the location of manufacturing activities in China using a model that combines forces relating to Heckscher–Ohlin (H-O) and New Economic Geography (NEG). It is found that there are large intercity shifts in industrial employment since 1998 in China, with the...

This paper examines the recent evolutions of the European olive oil policy from the implementation of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture to the last reform of the Common Agricultural Policy. It considers two important aspects of the Common Market Organization for olive oil, domestic...