Rain, Agriculture, and Tariffs

This paper examines whether and how rainfall shocks affect tariff setting in the agricultural sector. In a model of strategic trade policy, the authors show that the impact of a negative rainfall shock on optimal import tariffs is generally ambiguo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bastos, Paulo, Straume, Odd Rune, Urrego, Jaime A.
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:
AIR
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/03/17493992/rain-agriculture-tariffs
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13177