Increasing awareness of food safety issues has brought a boost in sanitary and phytosanitary regulations and standards. Although is likely that these regulations have increased health and welfare in the countries that impose them, they may also have an important effect in exporting countries,...

Published by Asociación de Economistas Agrarios de Chile

Published by Asociación de Economistas Agrarios de Chile

Published by Asociación de Economistas Agrarios de Chile

Este artículo hace un análisis sobre la evolución reciente que han tenido las políticas de seguridad alimentaría en América Latina. Así mismo, pretende mostrar la naturaleza de estas políticas y aportar nuevos elementos para discutir sus limitaciones y potencialidades. El orden de los...

Brewery industry in Chile has increased in the last period of time, as is evidenced by different factors, such as the total number of sales, number of imports and per capita beer consumption. Other sources indicate that the average price of beer has also risen, and this factor is one of the most...

Increasing awareness of food safety issues has led to intensive use of sanitary, phytosanitary and quality-related regulations and standards, imposing a burden on exporting countries worldwide. This study assesses the impact of such regulations and standards estimating a gravity model for...

Field experiments were conducted with farmers in the Limari Valley of Chile to test extant theory on right-to-choose auctions. Water volumes that differed by reservoir source and time of availability were offered for sale by the research team. The auctions were supplemented by protocols to...

In the context of regression with a beta-type response variable, we propose a new method that links two methodologies: a distance-based model, and a beta regression with variable dispersion. The proposed model is useful for those situations where the response variable is a rate, a proportion or...