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Price Discrimination in the Context of Vertical Differentiation: An Application to Canadian Wheat Exports
Lavoie, Nathalie - 2002
This study examines the ability of the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) to price discriminate in bread wheat exports. This study models wheat as a vertically differentiated intermediate good and modifies the model of vertical differentiation by Mussa and Rosen to the realities of wheat import demand....
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International Trade Liberalization Impact on the U.S. Peanut Industry
Carley, Dale H.; Fletcher, Stanley M. - 1993
The acceptance of the NAFTA and GATT trade agreements will impact the U.S. peanut industry. This paper examines trade distorting policies and evaluates the effects of trade liberalization on peanut producers, shellers, manufactures, and U.S. consumers of peanut products. Decreasing marketing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442637
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Labour Standards as a Justification for Trade Barriers: Consumer Concerns, Protectionism and the Evidence
Bakhshi, Samira; Kerr, William A. - 2010
In this article, justifications by producers (economic protectionism), consumers and social advocates (humanitarian motives) for including labour standards in international trade agreements are discussed. To date, little work has been undertaken to determine empirically whether low labour...
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Labour Standards as a Justification for Trade Barriers: Consumer Concerns, Protectionism and the Evidence: Technical Annex
Bakhshi, Samira; Kerr, William A. - 2010
In this article, justifications by producers (economic protectionism), consumers and social advocates (humanitarian motives) for including labour standards in international trade agreements are discussed. To date, little work has been undertaken to determine empirically whether low labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442644
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A Reexamination of the U.S. Export Demand for Soybeans and Soybean Products
Uri, Noel D.; Hyberg, Bengt - 1994
This paper addresses the question of whether the export demand for soybeans and soybean products changed structurally … results suggest that export demands were stable for soybeans, soybean meal and soybean oil over the sample period. Moreover …, it is possible to infer conclusively that the long-run soybean and soybean product export price elasticities were in the …
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BIOFUELS AND LEAKAGES IN THE FUEL MARKET
Drabik, Dusan; de Gorter, Harry - 2010
Leakage in the fuel market differs, depending on whether ethanol production is determined by a tax credit or consumption mandate. Two components of market leakage are distinguished: domestic and international. Leakage with both a tax credit and a consumption mandate depends on market...
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IMPACTS OF EUROPEAN BIOFUEL POLICIES ON AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AND ENVIRONMENT UNDER CONSIDERATION OF 2ND GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Becker, Arno; Adenauer, Marcel; Blanco Fonseca, Maria - 2010
Even though recent discussions on food prices and indirect land use change point atpotential conflicts associated with the production of biofuels the appraisal of biofuels as an effective instrument to slow down climate change and reduce energy dependency still prevails. The EU Renewable Energy...
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COMPETITIVIDADE DA FRUTICULTURA POTIGUAR: O CASO DO MELÃO NO PERIODO DE 1996 A 2005
Jurdam Alves, Francisco; Silva, Etevaldo Almeida; De … - 2008
Este estudo teve por objetivo analisar a competitividade das exportações domelão do Rio Grande do Norte no cenário nacional, bem como sua participação eimportância para o comércio exterior brasileiro, no período de 1996 a 2005. Utilizou-seos indicadores de desempenho da competitividade...
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DINÂMICA E COMPETITIVIDADE DAS EXPORTAÇÕES DE FRUTAS DO RIO GRANDE DO NORTE NO PERÍODO DE 1999 A 2005
Andrade, Maria Elza De; Costa, Genivalda Cordeiro Da; … - 2008
advantage in the export of products originating from of the irrigated horticulture? The products that more they exported they … in the melon export, watermelon and banana in relation to Brazil in the period in study, and that the product that more …
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Time Series Evidence of Relationships Between U.S. and Canadian Wheat Prices
Mohanty, Samarendu; Smith, Darnell B.; Peterson, E. … - 1996
interpreted to support the contention of U.S. producers that Canadian production subsidies and implicit export subsides have …
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