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rigidities in the EU rental markets, which constraint the adjustment of land rents to market signals and thus reduce landowners …
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countries for wheat, and 77 countries for rice and covers the period from 1991 to 2013, we estimate a globally comprehensive but …, and for rice 49 out of 77 countries, we fail to have a long-run relationship. For corn and soybeans, the long …-run relationship is evident in top producing countries whereas the converse is evident for wheat and rice, particularly for rice. We …
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The purpose of this study is to measure the sensitivity of traded quantities and trade unit values to agricultural production shocks. We develop a general equilibrium model of trade in which production shocks in exporting countries affect both traded quantities and trade unit values. The model...
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should the prevailing market price be below the pre-specified MSP. In this paper, we consider a market consisting of infinitesimally small, rational, and strategic farmers(with heterogeneous production costs) who face market and yield uncertainties. Our equilibrium analysis reveals that (i)...
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markups in imperfectly competitive markets. …
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and prices using a structural model of commodity markets. In particular, it generalizes the neo-classical storage model to … developing country grain markets. The model is first developed to suit the case of Ethiopian grain markets, and a general model …
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The paper reviews the multisectoral models used in the last 10 years to analyse the effects of the Common Agricultural Policy. It begins with a presentation of the theoretical structure of computable general equilibrium models, including both single-region and multi-region models. In this...
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We study how two aspects of food insecurity - caloric insufficiency and diet composition - are affected by aggregate economic fluctuations. The use of cross-country panel data allows us to adopt a global prospective on the identification of the macroeconomic determinants of food insecurity....
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The Atkinson-Stiglitz theorem on uniform consumption taxation breaks down if prices are endogenous. This paper investigates the implications for optimal food subsidies in China. To do so, we build a general equilibrium model where low-skilled workers have a comparative advantage in the...
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