Published by Asociación de Economistas Agrarios de Chile

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of infrastructure and genetic improvement investments, promoted by a government program (Programa de Modernizacion Ganadera), in milk and meat producers' profit in Region IX. Using a system of simultaneous equations, the effect of the...

Published by Asociación de Economistas Agrarios de Chile

Published by Asociación de Economistas Agrarios de Chile

In recent years, U.S. consumers have increasingly sought information about the health implications of their food purchases, as well as the environmental and social impact of the food production process.While this growing consumer demand has helped facilitate the development of several seafood...

Income inequality reflects resource allocations, and has important implications for public policy and institutional design. This paper investigates the factorsdetermining inequality. This is especially relevant in Chile where income distribution has not improved in the past decades. We...

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...

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,...