Organizers: John Wainio (ERS, USDA), Jason Grant (Virginia Polytech Inst & State Univ), and Tassos Haniotis (European Commission) Non-Theme Day Organizer: Danny Pick (ERS, USDA)

“New Rules of Trade?”
December 9-11, 2012
San Diego, California

Theme-Day Paper Presentations: “New Rules of Trade?”
Theme Day Organizers: John Wainio (ERS, USDA), Jason Grant (Virginia Polytech Inst & State Univ), and Tassos Haniotis (European Commission)

Non-Theme Day Paper Presentations
Non-Theme Day Organizer: Danny Pick (ERS, USDA)

Price Volatility in Agricultural Markets

Globalization, Consumer Preferences and Trade

Estimating Trade Models in Agriculture

  • Estimating Import Demand in the Presence of Seasonal Trade and Unobserved Prices
    Andrew Muhammad (ERS, USDA)
  • Structural Gravity Estimation and Agriculture
    Sören Prehn (Leibniz Institute – IAMO), Bernhard Brummer (Georg August Univ Gottingen), Thomas Glauben (Leibniz Institute – IAMO)
  • Decomposing the Growth of Agricultural Trade along the Intensive and Extensive Margins
    Shuwen Duan, and Jason Grant (Virginia Tech)

Selected Dissertation Reports

  • Up in Smoke? Agricultural Commercialization, Rising Food Prices and Stunting in Malawi
    Benjamin Wood (Univ of Illinois). Nominated by: Lia Nogueira-Rodriguez (Univ of Kentucky)
  • Estimating Gravity Equation Models in the Presence of Sample Selection and Heteroskedasticity
    Bo Xiong (Iowa State Univ, currently at UC Davis). Nominated by: John Beghin (Iowa State Univ)

Standards and NTBs in Developing Countries

Regionalism, Competition Trade Policy and Food Assistance

Trade Models, Risks, and Non-Tariff Measures

  • Multinational Retailers and Home Country Exports
    Angela Cheptea (Institut National de Recherche Agronomique), Charlotte Emlinger (Centre d’Etudes Prospectives et d’Informations Int’l), Karine Latouche (Institut National de Recherche Agronomique)
  • An Extended Viner Model: Trade Creation, Diversion and Reduction
    Sören Prehn (Leibniz Institute – IAMO), Bernhard Brummer (Georg August Univ Gottingen), Thomas Glauben ((Leibniz Institute – IAMO)
  • Using Economic Variables to Identify Adulteration in Food Imports: Application to US Seafood Imports
    Sébastien Pouliot (Iowa State Univ)
  • Trade Restrictiveness Index in Presence of Externalities: An Application to Non-Tariff Measures
    John Beghin (Iowa State Univ), Anne-Celia Disdier (Paris School of Economics), Stephan Marette (Agro Paris Tech)

A PSE Database for Latin America: A Progress Report

  • A PSE Database for Latin America: A Progress Report
    Tim Josling (Stanford University)

Subsidized Crop and Revenue Insurance: Implications for Agriculture in the WTO

Non Tariff Measures with Market Imperfections: Trade and Welfare Implications

Trade Effects of Regional Trade Agreements

Policy in Agriculture and Food Markets

Political Economy and Trade

  • Do Those Govern Worst Govern Least?
    David Bullock (Univ of Illinois), Flordeliza Bordey (Philippine Rice Research Inst), William Bowser (Univ of Illinois), Eeshani Kandpal (World Bank), Benjamin Wood (Univ of Illinois)
  • Trade Implications of Renewable Fuel Standard Waivers
    Jarrett Whistance, and Wyatt Thompson (Univ of Missouri)
  • Political Competition and Policy Choices: The Evidence from Agricultural Protection
    Jan Falkowski (Univ of Warsaw), Alessandro Olper (Univ of Milano)
  • Canadian Bilateral Trade Agreements: Drivers, Constraints and Pressures
    Maury Bredahl, and Amber Naiman (Univ of Guelph)

Quality, Food Standards, and Competitiveness: Theory and New Evidence

  • Reputation Tapping
    Bradley Rickard (Cornell Univ), Jill McCluskey (Washington State Univ), Richard Patterson (Cornell Univ)
  • Quality Upgrading and Food Standards: Evidence from the EU Market
    Alessandro Olper, Daniele Curzi, and Valentina Raimondi (Univ of Milano)
  • Private Food Standards and Trade: Export Market Entry and Exit Dynamics
    Monica Schuster, and Miet Maertens (KU Leuven)

Integration of the Emerging Export Countries of Europe and Central Asia in World Grain Markets