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Strategic Behavior and Trade in Agricultural Commodities - Competition in World Peanut Markets

Fletcher, Stanley M.; Nadolnyak, Denis A. - 2006

In this paper, we make an attempt to rationalize the strategic behavior of major peanut exporting and importing countries in the framework of imperfectly competitive markets with the focus on the global and inter-American peanut trade. This study is motivated by the fact that liberalizing...

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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...

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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

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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 over the 1950 to 1992 period as the U.S. agricultural sector became more integrated with the rest of the world economy. The results suggest that export demands were stable for...

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Spatial Price Analysis Incorporating Rate of Trade: Methods and Application to United States–China Soybean Trade

Han, Shengfei; Durham, Catherine A. - 2010

A regime-switching model for analysis of market integration has been developed that incorporates rate of trade information. An application of the methods to United States–China soybean trade demonstrates that the extended trade information allows better interpretation of market conditions....

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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

setting a target of 10% share of energy from renewable sources in the transport sector by 2020. As economic competitiveness of …

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COMPETITIVENESS OF FRUTICULTURA POTIGUAR: THE CASE OF THE MELÃO PERIOD OF 1996 TO 2005

Jurdam Alves, Francisco; Silva, Etevaldo Almeida; De … - 2008

competitiveness of the exports of melons doRio Grande do Norte in the national scene, as well as its participation in importance tothe … Brazilian foreign trade, from 1996 to 2005. It was used indicators of performance ofthe competitiveness of exports: comparative … exported by the State losing only for productsderived from oil. This fact is explained basically by gains in competitiveness …

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