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Provedor de dados: 	Research in Agricultural & Applied Economics (AgEcon Searh)	
País: 	United States	
Título: 	Food Security and Agricultural Protection in South Korea	
Autores: 	Beghin,   John C.; Bureau,   Jean-Christophe; Park,   Sung Joon.	
Data: 	2006-07-11	
Ano: 	2001	
Palavras-chave: 	Agricultural distortions; Food security; Korea; Protection; Targeting; WTO negotiations; Food Security and Poverty.	
Resumo: 	As part of its food security policy, South Korea has been pursuing food self-sufficiency using high tariffs and high administrative prices in key agricultural and food markets. Using a dual approach to trade and trade restrictiveness indices, we analyze the impact of these market distortions on welfare and trade volume. Then, we compute optimum distortions, which minimize the welfare costs of observed self-sufficiency and production objectives. We rationalize these optimum distortions to what could be claimed as legitimate protection under a "food security" (FS) box in World Trade Organization negotiations. FS-box protection is sensitive to changes in the definition and the extent of the FS objectives. We show that FS via production targets and reliance on imports would be more palatable to consumers and trade partners while preserving rents to the farm sector.	
Tipo: 	Working or Discussion Paper	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	22973

http://purl.umn.edu/18547	
Editor: 	AgEcon Search	
Relação: 	Iowa State University&gt;Center for Agricultural and Rural Development&gt;CARD Working Paper Series

CARD Working Paper 01-WP 284	
Formato: 	29

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