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changes. Next, two gravity models capturing bilateral trade between South Africa and Zambia and those countries identified as … products of the exporter and importer countries, is that potential for trade is higher with South Africa than Zambia. This …
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U.S. retail food price increases in recent years may seem large in nominal terms, but after adjusting for inflation have been quite modest even after the change in U.S. biofuel policies in 2006. In contrast, increases in the real prices of corn, soybeans, wheat and rice received by U.S. farmers...
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Meeting growing global demand for food, fiber, and biofuel requires robust investment in agricultural research and development (R&D) from both public and private sectors. This study examines global R&D spending by private industry in seven agricultural input sectors, food manufacturing, and...
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measures, including domestic laws and public policies, private intellectual property rights and international trade rules …
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The emergence of biofuel as a renewable energy source offers opportunities for climate change mitigation and greater energy security for many countries. At the same time, biofuel represents the possibility of substitution between energy and food. For developing countries like India, which...
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Biofuels and the Globalization of Risk offers a fresh, compelling analysis of the politics and policies behind the …
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U.S. retail food price increases in recent years may seem large in nominal terms, but after adjusting for inflation have been quite modest even after the change in U.S. biofuel policies in 2006. In contrast, increases in the real prices of corn, soybeans, wheat and rice received by U.S. farmers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084483
We study the effects of economic globalization (liberalization of international trade and investment flows) on the … between trade in goods and inward FDI on the environment. In particular, the interaction is positive under the former and … environment in the context of a model that integrates standard factor endowment theory (FET) with the pollution haven hypothesis …
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consequences of anticipated domestic and global trade policy and world price changes. Similar exogenous or policy shocks are seen … to have contrasting effects, depending on initial economic structure, trade orientation and policy regime. Further, when …
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The literature on trade in renewable resources implicitly assumes that the traded resources are perfect substitutes. We … model trade in renewable resources as stipulated not only by autarky price differences, but also by consumers' love of … variety. We show that the love-of-variety effect enables welfare gains from trade even if total consumption decreases. Total …
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