This paper is coocemed with the analysis of some economic impacts of supply-management quota schemes based on evidence fran some of the Canadian quota programmes. Reasons underlying the wide acceptance of these programmes and the use of cost-increasing methods of quota administration are briefly...

The major determinants of cereal import demand in 7 4 less-developed countries (LDCs) were analysed using an econometric cross-sectional model. Key explanatory factors included the level of income and degree of urbanization, financial capacity proxies, and domestic grain supply variables. A...

Since 1973, inflation has been a pervasive phenomenon affecting the agricultural sectors of most developed and developing countries. Despite its current significance, the issue of inflation and its impact on the agricultural sector is remarkably under-researched. In this paper we assess some of...

The effects of successive currency devaluations, since the 1980s, on Malawi's trade balance are analysed. The major hypothesis tested is that currency devaluation leads to an improvement in trade balance through changes in the real exchange rate. This hypothesis is not supported by the data for...