Domestic technical measures such as SPS and TBTs can enhance import demand via information disclosure and quality improvement, or hamper foreign export supply via imposing sizeable compliance costs, or both. The traditional gravity equation model estimates the net effect of these measures on...

The United States is a large net exporter of corn seeds. Seed trade, including corn, has been expanding but its determinants are not well understood. This paper econometrically investigates the determinants of world demand for U.S. corn seeds with a detailed analysis of trade costs impeding...

This study examines the effect of increasing environmentalregulation on hog production in the U.S. domestic market and on thecompetitiveness of U.S. pork in the international market. Agriculturalpollution from animal feeding operations (AFOs) is becoming a majorenvironmental consideration in the...