Measuring the Effect of Increased Horticultural Imports: An Application to Winter Vegetables

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Title: Measuring the Effect of Increased Horticultural Imports: An Application to Winter Vegetables
Published in: Working Papers Series
Author/s: Stephen Haley*
Year: 1997
Number: 97-1

Summary:

This report describes and applies a methodology to measure the impact of increased horticultural imports on U.S. vegetable producers. The methodology is applied to a hypothetical surge in winter vegetable imports. The paper describes how Florida winter vegetables could be affected by both short-term and long-term changes in import availabilities.