The Armington trade model distinguishes commodities by country of origin, and import
demand is determined in a separable two‐step procedure. This framework has been applied …

The 1970s have seen sharp fluctuations in grain prices. Several plausible explanations for
the unusual severity of these ups and downs have been advanced, including devaluation of …

The aim of this review is to determine the extent to which specific recent developments in
international trade theory can help to provide fresh insights into how agricultural …

An equilibrium displacement model of the world wool top industry is used to estimate the
returns to the Australian wool industry from productivity improvements in farm production, in …

Research report on food policy and wheat imports in Egypt-examines the historical
background to, and recent trends in wheat policy; describes an econometric model of wheat …

This paper describes the extent and characteristics of differentiation in the international
wheat market. Results indicate that the degree of differentiation has increased in the last 15 …

A conventional assumption of product homogeneity when the commodity of interest is
actually heterogeneous will lead to errors in an analysis of the incidence of policies, such as …

When US Secretary of Agriculture Earl L. Butz announced in 1974 that" food is a weapon,"
he voiced a growing national belief in the political power of food resources. President …

The conceptually relevant elasticity for policy analysis is the total export demand elasticity,
which takes into account feedback effects of the US price on other countries' prices. In this …

Following the signing of the 1989 Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement, sales of
Canadian wheat to the United States grew rapidly. This resulted in a series of trade disputes …