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| van Kooten, G. Cornelis. |
| Trade in ivory is banned under CITES in an effort to protect the African elephant. The trade ban is supported by some range states, most notably Kenya, because they see the ban as an effective means for protecting a ‘flagship’ species, one that attracts tourists and foreign aid. It is opposed by some states, mainly in southern Africa, because their elephant populations are exceeding the capacity of local ecosystems with culling and other sources have resulted in the accumulation of large stocks of ivory. They argue that ivory trade will benefit elephant populations. The question of whether an ivory trade ban will protect elephant populations is addressed in this paper using a dynamic partial-equilibrium model that consists of four ivory exporting regions... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Economics of elephant conservation; Economics of ivory trade; Trade bans; Cartels and quota; International Relations/Trade; F10; O55; Q26; Q27. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37030 |
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| Hess, Sebastian. |
| CGE models are widely used tools for economic assessments of trade policy changes. However, overall confidence in their results tends to be low. We employ the methodological framework of meta-analysis in order to approach a quantitative comparison of CGE-based simulation results. Therefore, we compile a dataset of twelve recent Doha simulations and fit a linear regression model that explains the variance between simulation results on the regional level as a function of various modeling characteristics. The estimates are broadly in range with documented qualitative knowledge about modeling assumptions. The size of the sample limits general conclusions; however, an ongoing research project will extend the approach to a larger sample. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: CGE; Systematic review; Doha round; Evaluation; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods; C20; C68; D58; F10; C99. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24713 |
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| Casaburi, Lorenzo; Gattai, Valeria; Minerva, G. Alfredo. |
| This paper revisits the empirical evidence about the link between firms’ performance and their international status, based on a large sample of Italian enterprises. To this purpose, we merged two waves of the Capitalia survey (1998-2000, and 2001-2003) retrieving firm level data for roughly 7,000 units. Three results stand out from our empirical exercise. First, firms that engage in the foreign production of final goods, in addition to export activities, are more productive than firms that only export abroad. Second, firms that engage in final goods off-shoring are more productive than firms that engage in inputs off-shoring. Third, in terms of the productivity dynamics over the period 1998-2003, exporters’ performance in Italy was not any better than the... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Export; Heterogeneous Firms; Italy; Off-shoring; Productivity; International Relations/Trade; Productivity Analysis; F10; F20; L10; L20; L60. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/6360 |
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| Feleke, Shiferaw T.; Walters, Lurleen M.. |
| With coffee prices at their lowest in a century, producing countries, which are mostly developing countries, are facing the worst crisis in history. The International Coffee Organization (ICO) acknowledges that poverty and unemployment are growing so rapidly that the consequences would be dire if nothing is done to halt the decline. This study draws welfare implications for producing countries based on import demand analysis for coffee in the three largest importers – the United States, European Union, and Japan. A differential production approach is employed. Results imply that coffee-producing countries will continue to be worse off with the expansion of exports. Hence, we suggest that they attempt new marketing strategies that include consistent... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Coffee; Import; Marketing strategies; International Relations/Trade; F10; F11; Q10. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/50274 |
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| Paas, Tiiu. |
| The paper is inviting a reader to think to what extent we can use the knowledge resulting from laws of nature for exploring economic processes. In order to look for the answers on this question, the paper is going to explore international trade flows between the Baltic Sea region countries using a gravity approach. Attention is paid to analyzing forces that attract foreign trade flows and to exploring the influence of distance as an indicator that expresses both transportation costs and cultural proximity of the countries. The results of modeling support the statement that the size of economy has statistically significant and positive influence on the bilateral trade relations of the region. The influence of economic development level that is expressed by... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: International trade; Gravity models; Baltic Sea region; International Relations/Trade; F10; C10. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/26379 |
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| Dawe, David. |
| International cereal prices (in US dollar terms) have been increasing since 2003, but it is domestic prices that affect food consumption and production. This paper analyzes, for seven large Asian countries, the extent to which domestic prices have increased since 2003 and presents several conclusions. First, the data show that the increases in world cereal prices have been accompanied by a real depreciation of the US dollar. For many countries (but not all), this depreciation has neutralized a substantial proportion of the increase in world prices. Second, domestic commodity specific policies in several of these Asian countries have further stabilized domestic prices relative to the change in world prices. This has been especially true for rice, the main... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Asia; Price transmission; Rice; Cereals; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Food Security and Poverty; F10; Q10. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37087 |
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