Global distortions to agricultural markets : new indicators of trade and welfare impacts, 1955 to 2007 (English)

Despite recent reforms, world agricultural markets remain highly distorted by government policies. Traditional indicators of those price distortions can be poor guides to the policies' economic effects. Recent theoretical literature provides indicators of trade and welfare-reducing effects of price and trade policies which this paper builds on to develop more-satisfactory indexes. The authors exploit a new Agricultural Distortion database to generate...

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Lloyd,Peter J.;

Croser,Johanna Louise;

Anderson,Kym;
Document Date
2009/03/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS4865
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
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World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2010/07/01
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Disclosed
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Global distortions to agricultural markets : new indicators of trade and welfare impacts, 1955 to 2007
Keywords
tariff rate

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Lloyd,Peter J.; Croser,Johanna Louise; Anderson,Kym.

Global distortions to agricultural markets : new indicators of trade and welfare impacts, 1955 to 2007 (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4865 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/687121468165873155

Global distortions to agricultural markets : new indicators of trade and welfare impacts, 1955 to 2007 (English)

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