Exporting countries are concerned that sanitary standards might shield domestic industry from foreign competition. This study analyzes economic effects of changes in Western Hemisphere sanitary requirements on broiler trade in the Americas. A mathematical programming model detects that if Brazil...

COVID-19 has profoundly changed the way that we study and work. For students, especially primary and middle school students, online education has become a solution to learning problems. However, online and offline education have their own characteristics and different learning efficiencies in...

"This book provides the background theory behind two types of trade models rooted in economic theory and mathematical programming, and two econometric/statistical models. It shows the reader how to construct their own models to analyse policy questions in forestry and other sectors."