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Edited by: Angelo Zago
Universita degli Studi di Verona
Date: 2005-02-01
Papers: 13
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In this issue we have:
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1. Products and Prejudice: Measuring Country-of-Origin Bias in U.
S. Wine Imports
Eileen Brooks
2. Global Agricultural Trade and Developing Countries
Aksoy, M. Ataman; Beghin, John C.
3. Global Agricultural Reform: What is at Stake?
van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique; Beghin, John C.
4. Groundnut Policies, Global Trade Dynamics, and the Impact of
Trade Liberalization
Diop, Ndiame; Beghin, John C.; Sewadah, Mirvat
5. ?Dairy Policies and Trade: Implications for the Next WTO
Negotiations.? A special issue of the Canadian Journal of
Agricultural Economics
Beghin, John C.; Sumner, Daniel A.
6. Analysis of the Proposed Doha Round Modalities (An)
Babcock, Bruce A.; Fabiosa, Jacinto F.; Matthey, Holger;
Isik, Murat; Tokgoz, Simla; Elobeid, Amani; Hart, Chad;
Fuller, Frank H.; Meyer, Seth
7. Fall Livestock Revenue Insurance, How Did It Perform?
May, Gary; Edwards, William M.; Lawrence, John D.
8. The Iowa Regional Economic Atlas: Project Summary
Swenson, David A.; Eathington, Liesl
9. Channeling, Identity Preservation and the Value Chain:
Lessons from the Recent Problems with StarLink Corn
Ginder, Roger
10. China?s Dairy Market: Consumer Demand Survey and Supply
Characteristics
Fuller, Frank H.; Beghin, John C.; Hu, Dinghuan; Rozelle,
Scott
11. The Economic Impact Potential of Retail Trade in Story
County, Iowa
Swenson, David A.
12. Model Economic Analyses: An Economic Impact Assessment of an
Ethanol Production Facility in Iowa
Swenson, David A.
13. Agriculture and National Welfare Around the World: Causality
and International Heterogeneity since 1960
Claudio Bravo-Ortega; Daniel Lederman
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1. Products and Prejudice: Measuring Country-of-Origin Bias in U.
S. Wine Imports
Eileen Brooks
Should exporters worry about country-of-origin bias? Although
the pervasiveness of country-level product advertising suggests
that they do, lack of data has limited the empirical study of
subjective bias toward products from a specific country. Using
data from the U.S. wine industry, including numerical blind
tasting evaluations, this paper directly computes the impact of
country-of-origin bias upon wine import prices. A hedonic pricing
framework is used to control for vintage, blind-tasted quality,
varietals, production costs and quantities. Cross-country
comparisons of price residuals suggest that "Product of Italy" on
the label can raise the price of a bottle by more than fifty
percent.
Keywords: International trade, hedonic pricing, wine,
Date: 2003-06-01
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cdl:ucscec:1035&r=agr
2. Global Agricultural Trade and Developing Countries
Aksoy, M. Ataman
Beghin, John C.
Global Agricultural Trade and Developing Countries explores the
outstanding issues in global agricultural trade policy and
evolving world production and trade patterns. This book presents
research findings based on a series of commodity studies of
significant economic importance to developing countries. Setting
the stage with background chapters and investigations of cross-
cutting issues, the authors describe trade and domestic policy
regimes affecting agricultural and food markets and analyze
product standards and compliance costs and their effects on
agricultural and food trade. They then examine the impact and
effectiveness of preferences and review the evidence on attempts
to decouple agricultural support from agricultural output.
Finally, they assess the potential gains from global
liberalization in agricultural and food markets, and their
sensitivity to various assumptions. Within this broad context of
global agricultural policies and reforms, the authors then
present detailed studies of commodity markets that feature
distorted policy regimes among industrial and developing
countries or that are important contributors to exports of
developing countries. The commodities analyzed are sugar, dairy,
rice, wheat, groundnuts, fruits and vegetables, cotton, seafood,
and coffee. These commodity studies analyze current policy
regimes in key producing and consuming countries, document the
magnitude of these distortions, and estimate the distributional
impacts?winners and losers?of trade and domestic policy
reforms as well as their impact on trade flows and production
location. Global Agricultural Trade and Developing Countries will
aid policymakers and researchers in approaching global
negotiations and in evaluating domestic policies on agriculture.
This book compliments the findings of Agriculture and the WTO:
Creating a Trading System for Development.
Date: 2005-01-21
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:isu:genres:12228&r=agr
3. Global Agricultural Reform: What is at Stake?
van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique
Beghin, John C.
Global Agricultural Trade and Developing Countries explores the
outstanding issues in global agricultural trade policy and
evolving world production and trade patterns. This book presents
research findings based on a series of commodity studies of
significant economic importance to developing countries. Setting
the stage with background chapters and investigations of cross-
cutting issues, the authors describe trade and domestic policy
regimes affecting agricultural and food markets and analyze
product standards and compliance costs and their effects on
agricultural and food trade. They then examine the impact and
effectiveness of preferences and review the evidence on attempts
to decouple agricultural support from agricultural output.
Finally, they assess the potential gains from global
liberalization in agricultural and food markets, and their
sensitivity to various assumptions. Within this broad context of
global agricultural policies and reforms, the authors then
present detailed studies of commodity markets that feature
distorted policy regimes among industrial and developing
countries or that are important contributors to exports of
developing countries. The commodities analyzed are sugar, dairy,
rice, wheat, groundnuts, fruits and vegetables, cotton, seafood,
and coffee. These commodity studies analyze current policy
regimes in key producing and consuming countries, document the
magnitude of these distortions, and estimate the distributional
impacts?winners and losers?of trade and domestic policy
reforms as well as their impact on trade flows and production
location. Global Agricultural Trade and Developing Countries will
aid policymakers and researchers in approaching global
negotiations and in evaluating domestic policies on agriculture.
This book compliments the findings of Agriculture and the WTO:
Creating a Trading System for Development.
Date: 2005-01-21
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:isu:genres:12230&r=agr
4. Groundnut Policies, Global Trade Dynamics, and the Impact of
Trade Liberalization
Diop, Ndiame
Beghin, John C.
Sewadah, Mirvat
Global Agricultural Trade and Developing Countries explores the
outstanding issues in global agricultural trade policy and
evolving world production and trade patterns. This book presents
research findings based on a series of commodity studies of
significant economic importance to developing countries. Setting
the stage with background chapters and investigations of cross-
cutting issues, the authors describe trade and domestic policy
regimes affecting agricultural and food markets and analyze
product standards and compliance costs and their effects on
agricultural and food trade. They then examine the impact and
effectiveness of preferences and review the evidence on attempts
to decouple agricultural support from agricultural output.
Finally, they assess the potential gains from global
liberalization in agricultural and food markets, and their
sensitivity to various assumptions. Within this broad context of
global agricultural policies and reforms, the authors then
present detailed studies of commodity markets that feature
distorted policy regimes among industrial and developing
countries or that are important contributors to exports of
developing countries. The commodities analyzed are sugar, dairy,
rice, wheat, groundnuts, fruits and vegetables, cotton, seafood,
and coffee. These commodity studies analyze current policy
regimes in key producing and consuming countries, document the
magnitude of these distortions, and estimate the distributional
impacts?winners and losers?of trade and domestic policy
reforms as well as their impact on trade flows and production
location. Global Agricultural Trade and Developing Countries will
aid policymakers and researchers in approaching global
negotiations and in evaluating domestic policies on agriculture.
This book compliments the findings of Agriculture and the WTO:
Creating a Trading System for Development.
Date: 2005-01-21
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:isu:genres:12231&r=agr
5. ?Dairy Policies and Trade: Implications for the Next WTO
Negotiations.? A special issue of the Canadian Journal of
Agricultural Economics
Beghin, John C.
Sumner, Daniel A.
This special issue of the Journal presents fifteen research
papers on domestic and trade policies affecting dairy markets.
The issue organizes the papers by geographical area. Subsections
include articles on U.S. policy, EU policy, Canadian policy and,
other countries' policy. A final section is devoted to global
modeling perspective and multilateral policy reform. Initial
papers in the first 3 sections provide some policy description
for the respective country or region that is used in the other
papers.
JEL: F1
Date: 2005-01-21
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:isu:genres:12233&r=agr
6. Analysis of the Proposed Doha Round Modalities (An)
Babcock, Bruce A.
Fabiosa, Jacinto F.
Matthey, Holger
Isik, Murat
Tokgoz, Simla
Elobeid, Amani
Hart, Chad
Fuller, Frank H.
Meyer, Seth
The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture (URAA) provided a
continuing mandate for progressive reforms to liberalize world
agricultural markets. A new round of negotiation was put into
motion in early 2000 and later formalized in what is now called
the Doha Round. The Doha Round negotiation follows the same
principle laid out in the URAA, with the introduction of three
reform anchors: market access, export competition, and reduction
of domestic support. This paper specifies the new schedule of
commitments for each member country under the proposed modalities
and assesses the potential market impacts of these changes for
world agricultural markets. We specifically focus on grains,
oilseeds, sugar, cotton, livestock, poultry, and dairy markets.
Date: 2003-06-17
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:isu:genres:10570&r=agr
7. Fall Livestock Revenue Insurance, How Did It Perform?
May, Gary
Edwards, William M.
Lawrence, John D.
Date: 2003-07-03
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:isu:genres:10654&r=agr
8. The Iowa Regional Economic Atlas: Project Summary
Swenson, David A.
Eathington, Liesl
This research is designed to produce benchmark statistics for
regional economic development strategies and policies. By
identifying 35 functional economic regions in Iowa, and further
detailing their respective economic strengths, weaknesses,
similarities, and dissimilarities, the opportunity for better and
more focused economic development policy at the local and the
state level emerges. This report explains the criteria used for
identifying and ranking Iowa?s 35 largest regional economies,
and it introduces the reader to statistics that allow us to
compare and contrast regions with each other. Measures include
job growth, average earnings, industrial composition, and
population change. One of the benchmark indicators will involve
measuring the degrees of alignment that the regions have with the
state?s targeted industry cluster strategies. By broad category
? life sciences, advanced manufacturing, and information
services ? we will statistically compare each region so that
its relative targeted industry strengths and weaknesses can be
explored.
Date: 2003-10-09
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:isu:genres:10761&r=agr
9. Channeling, Identity Preservation and the Value Chain:
Lessons from the Recent Problems with StarLink Corn
Ginder, Roger
Biotech grains hold great promise for both producers and
consumers but a thorough understanding of the value chain will be
vitally important in realizing that potential. Biotech grains
with input traits not approved for all uses can pose a serious
problem for the grain handling and processing industry as they
move through the value chain. This problem occurs because there
is no premium to cover added costs of segregation and handling
input trait grains after harvest. In the case of Starlink the
manufacturer is currently providing a defacto premium to
producers and elevators to make the channeling effort effective.
Output trait grains not approved for all uses may also create a
problem if due care is not used. However the existence of a
premium over the market price for commodity grain provides a
positive incentive to create a separate and distinct logistics
channel for these products. Experience with Starlink indicates
that attempting to channel a product that is not acceptable for
all uses without a premium can inflict significant uncompensated
costs on the output side of the value chain. These costs may
include market discounts and are typically incurred by firms who
do not receive any meaningful gain from the sale of the trait.
Date: 2004-03-04
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:isu:genres:11480&r=agr
10. China?s Dairy Market: Consumer Demand Survey and Supply
Characteristics
Fuller, Frank H.
Beghin, John C.
Hu, Dinghuan
Rozelle, Scott
This report documents data and other information gathered from a
survey of urban households in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou,
China. The survey was conducted as part of a research project
aimed at understanding the evolution of dairy markets in Asia and
the implications for dairy product trade. The survey data provide
insights into the purchasing behavior and attitudes of urban
consumers in China with respect to dairy products. The report
describes the survey and collection process, summarizes selected
data from the survey, and provides anecdotal information about
the development of dairy production, processing, and product
marketing in China. Keywords: China, dairy products, demand,
production, supply chain, survey data.
Date: 2004-09-02
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:isu:genres:12034&r=agr
11. The Economic Impact Potential of Retail Trade in Story
County, Iowa
Swenson, David A.
Community development officials, highly mindful of the
composition of their local economies, work hard to attract new
investment in their communities. Many dedicate significant
resources to help revitalize or expand their economies. While
they often target their efforts toward manufacturing and service
industries to expand local employment, communities are also very
interested in maintaining their retail trade sectors. A new mall
has been proposed for the Ames area, and there are questions
about the potential economic impact of new trade capacity in the
area. This report describes how retail trade produces economic
impacts for a community.
Date: 2005-01-19
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:isu:genres:12225&r=agr
12. Model Economic Analyses: An Economic Impact Assessment of an
Ethanol Production Facility in Iowa
Swenson, David A.
There are several ethanol plants in Iowa and several that are
either planned or already under construction. This report
assesses the regional economic effects that should accrue to a
hypothetical Iowa county from the construction and operation of
an ethanol processing plant. This economic assessment takes pains
to make sure that the analysis does not double count economic
activity in the agriculture commodity producing sector.
Date: 2005-01-20
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:isu:genres:12226&r=agr
13. Agriculture and National Welfare Around the World: Causality
and International Heterogeneity since 1960
Claudio Bravo-Ortega
Daniel Lederman
Calculations of marginal welfare effects suggest that
agricultural development has had important positive effects on
national welfare, especially in developing countries. Latin
American and Caribbean countries have also benefited from
agricultural growth, but nonagricultural production has had
marginal welfare effects that are greater in magnitude than those
provided by agricultural activities. In contrast, the
industrialized, high-income countries experienced marginal
welfare gains from nonagricultural activities that are much
greater than those derived from agriculture, whose impact is
actually negative. These calculations of marginal welfare effects
across regions depend on econometric estimates of elasticities
linking agricultural and nonagricultural economic activities to
four elements in a national welfare function: national GDP per
capita, average income of the poorest households within countries,
environmental outcomes concerning air and water pollution and
deforestation, and macroeconomic volatility. The econometric
analyses are motivated by theoretical treatments of key issues.
The empirical models are estimated with various econometric
techniques that deal with issues of causality and international
heterogeneity. This paper?a product of the Office of the Chief
Economist, Latin America and the Caribbean Region?is part of a
larger effort in the region to study the rural contribution to
development.
Keywords: Agriculture; Environment; Macroecon & Growth; Poverty;
Rural Development
Date: 2005-01-24
URL: http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wbk:wbrwps:3499&r=agr
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