Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 6,778
Cover Image
EU-wide Distributional Effects of EU Direct Payments Harmonization analyzed with CAPRI
Gocht, Alexander; Britz, Wolfgang; Ciaian, Pavel; Gomez … - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2011
We argue in this paper that available econometric estimates of farmers’ risk aversion do not measure true farmers’ preferences towards risky outcomes. Available analyses are mostly of static nature and indeed measure the parameters of the synthetic optimal value function rather than the deep...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009326163
Cover Image
Quantification of Sanitary, Phytosanitary, and Technical Barriers to Trade for Trade Policy Analysis
Beghin, John C.; Bureau, Jean-Christophe - 2001
This paper presents promising methodologies for modeling and quantifying nontariff barriers (NTB) to trade in the agricultural and food sectors. We limit the analysis to sanitary, phytosanitary, and technical regulations that can have an impact on trade and to methods that provide some...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443051
Cover Image
Determinants of World Demand for U.S. Corn Seeds: The Role of Trade Costs
Jayasinghe, Sampath; Beghin, John C.; Moschini, GianCarlo - 2008
with distance, tariffs, and sanitary-phytosanitary (SPS) regulations imposed by foreign countries on U.S. corn seed exports …. SPS policy information comes from the Excerpt data base of USDA-APHIS. The analysis relies on a gravity-like model based … on an explicit specification of derived demand for seed by foreign corn producers. A SPS count variable is incorporated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443253
Cover Image
Standards, a catalyst for the winners - a barrier for the losers? An empirical analysis of the impact of higher SPS measures on the trade performance of developing countries
Chemnitz, Christine; Kuenkel, Nana - 2006
performance of 73 developing countrieswithin the context of stricter SPS measures. The analysis concentrates on the meat and fruit …- 1995, as a period before the implementation of the SPS Agreementand 2002- 2004, as a period after the implementation. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445578
Cover Image
Disentangling the Demand-enhancing Effect and Trade-cost Effect of Technical Measures in Agricultural Trade among OECD countries
Xiong, Bo; Beghin, John - 2011
Domestic technical measures such as SPS and TBTs can enhance import demand via information disclosure and quality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445870
Cover Image
Standards, a catalyst for the winners - a barrier for the losers? An empirical analysis of the impact of higher SPS measures on the trade performance of developing countries
Chemnitz, Christine; Kuenkel, Nana - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE - 2006
performance of 73 developing countries within the context of stricter SPS measures. The analysis concentrates on the meat and … consideration are 1993- 1995, as a period before the implementation of the SPS Agreement and 2002- 2004, as a period after the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005330215
Cover Image
Post-Moratorium EU Regulation of Genetically Modified Products: Trade Concerns
Viju, Crina; Yeung, May T.; Kerr, William A. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2011
’s approval system is only partially based in science and thus is not in conformity with its SPS obligations under the WTO. Hence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009351566
Cover Image
The New Food Safety Regime in the US: How Will it Affect Canadian Competitiveness
Nakuja, Tekuni; Akhand, M.; Hobbs, Jill E.; Kerr, William A. - Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network (CATPRN) - 2011
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) which was signed into law in January, 2011 represents a major initiative to improve food safety in the US. The legislation mandates the US Food and Drug Administration with developing a regulatory system to implement the Act. As yet, the full effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009351568
Cover Image
Disentangling the Demand-enhancing Effect and Trade-cost Effect of Technical Measures in Agricultural Trade among OECD countries
Xiong, Bo; Beghin, John C. - International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium - IATRC - 2011
Domestic technical measures such as SPS and TBTs can enhance import demand via information disclosure and quality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009493655
Cover Image
Trade Liberalisation and the Red Meat Sector
Kerr, William A. - In: Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy 02 (2001) 1
, they are governed by the WTO's SPS Agreement and the GATT's contingency protection provisions relating to dumping and … countervailing duties. Negotiations on these issues will have to await a general WTO negotiating round. As SPS and contingency …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005803549