The effect of the United States (US) sugar program on sugar-using firm profitability from 2000 to 2017 is examined … power. Findings provide guidelines for future analyses investigating the relationship between the US sugar program and sugar …

The effect of the United States (US) sugar program on sugar-using firm profitability from 2000 to 2017 is examined … power. Findings provide guidelines for future analyses investigating the relationship between the US sugar program and sugar …

sugar program; a second section is devoted to the welfare and trade effects of the US sugar program; and a final section … social cost and inefficiency of the US sugar program, the main findings of this paper are as follows. The current sugar … maintain high internal prices. The sugar program in its current form is also a potential target for reform because of likely …

We analyze the potential impact of continuing the existing U.S. sugar program, replacing it with a standard program …. The replacement of the current sugar program by one similar to other major U.S. crop programs would solve the problem of …

We analyze the various welfare costs, transfers, trade, and employment consequences of the current U.S. sugar program … agricultural sectors, and world markets. The removal of the sugar program would increase U.S. consumers’ welfare by $2.9 to $3 … the sugar program. Sugar imports would rise substantially to 5 to 6 million short tons raw sugar equivalent. World price …

general equilibrium model, the analysis suggests that a complete elimination of the sugar program will reduce output for all …