Agricultural Trade Modeling, The State of Practice and Research Issues Karen Liu and Ralph Seeley, eds., June 1987 International Economics Division, Economic Research Service, USDA Staff Report #AGES861215 This volume contains papers presented at the […]
Recent Publications
Optimum Tariffs in a Distorted Economy: An Application to Agriculture
Optimal distortions for the agricultural sector are calculated taking as given distortions in the nonagricultural sector. The calculations use a general equilibrium model and assume that the sole criterion is economic efficiency. For most agricultural […]
Targeted Agricultural Export Subsidies and Social Welfare
Most agricultural export subsidies are targeted to specific countries. This paper demonstrates that in a standard general equilibrium model of international trade, a small targeted subsidy increase the welfare of the subsidizing country by exploiting […]
An Econometric Model of the European Economic Community’s Wheat Market
Risk Aversion in a Dynamic Trading Game
The effect of risk aversion on Nash equilibrium trade restrictions is studied using numerical methods. An increase in a nation’s level of risk aversion can lead to either an increase or decrease in its equilibrium […]
Basic Economics of an Export Bonus Scheme
Embargoes, Surplus Disposal, and U.S. Agriculture
In October 1985, the IATRC was asked by USDA’s Economic Research Service to lead a congressionally-mandated study “to determine the losses suffered by U.S. farm producers during the last decade as a result of embargoes […]
Do Macroeconomic Variables Affect the Agricultural Trade Sector? An Elasticities Analysis
Agriculture, Trade, and Development: A Comparative Look at U.S., Canadian, and European Community Policies
Agriculture, Trade and Development: A Comparative Look at U.S., Canadian, and European Community Policies T. Kelley White and Charles E. Hanrahan, eds., January 1986 International Economics Division, Economic Research Service, USDA Staff Report #AGES850208 This […]
Debt, Trade, and Payments Issues of Developing Countries and U.S.-Mexican Economic Interdependencies
Debt, Trade and Payments Issues of Developing Countries and U.S.-Mexican Economic Interdependencies Charles E. Hanrahan and Maury Bredahl, eds., July, 1984 International Economics Division, Economic Research Service, USDA Staff Report #AGES840607 This report contains edited […]