Measuring Distortions to Agricultural Incentives, Revisited
Notwithstanding the tariffication component of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture, import tariffs on farm products continue to provide an incomplete indication of the extent to which agricultural producer and consumer incentives are distorted in national markets. As well, in developing count...
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okr-10986-57322021-04-23T14:02:23Z Measuring Distortions to Agricultural Incentives, Revisited Anderson, Kym Kurzweil, Marianne Martin, Will Sandri, Damiano Valenzuela, Ernesto Trade Policy International Trade Organizations F130 Economic Development: Agriculture Natural Resources Energy Environment Other Primary Products O130 Collectives Communes Agriculture P320 Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions: International Trade, Finance, Investment, and Aid P330 Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets Q120 Agriculture in International Trade Q170 Agricultural Policy Food Policy Q180 Microdata Set Notwithstanding the tariffication component of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture, import tariffs on farm products continue to provide an incomplete indication of the extent to which agricultural producer and consumer incentives are distorted in national markets. As well, in developing countries especially, non-agricultural policies indirectly impact on agricultural and food markets. Empirical analysis aimed at monitoring distortions to agricultural incentives thus need to examine both agricultural and non-agricultural policy measures including import or export taxes, subsidies, and quantitative restrictions plus domestic taxes or subsidies on farm outputs or inputs and consumer subsidies for food staples. This paper addresses the practical methodological issues that need to be faced when attempting to undertake such a measurement task in developing countries. The approach is illustrated in two ways: by presenting estimates of nominal and relative rates of assistance to farmers in China for the period 1981-2005; and by summarizing estimates from an economy-wide CGE model of the effects on agricultural versus non-agricultural markets of the project's measured distortions globally as of 2004. 2012-03-30T07:34:16Z 2012-03-30T07:34:16Z 2008 Journal Article World Trade Review 14747456 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5732 EN CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article China |
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Notwithstanding the tariffication component of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture, import tariffs on farm products continue to provide an incomplete indication of the extent to which agricultural producer and consumer incentives are distorted in national markets. As well, in developing countries especially, non-agricultural policies indirectly impact on agricultural and food markets. Empirical analysis aimed at monitoring distortions to agricultural incentives thus need to examine both agricultural and non-agricultural policy measures including import or export taxes, subsidies, and quantitative restrictions plus domestic taxes or subsidies on farm outputs or inputs and consumer subsidies for food staples. This paper addresses the practical methodological issues that need to be faced when attempting to undertake such a measurement task in developing countries. The approach is illustrated in two ways: by presenting estimates of nominal and relative rates of assistance to farmers in China for the period 1981-2005; and by summarizing estimates from an economy-wide CGE model of the effects on agricultural versus non-agricultural markets of the project's measured distortions globally as of 2004. |
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Anderson, Kym Kurzweil, Marianne Martin, Will Sandri, Damiano Valenzuela, Ernesto |
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Anderson, Kym Kurzweil, Marianne Martin, Will Sandri, Damiano Valenzuela, Ernesto |
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Measuring Distortions to Agricultural Incentives, Revisited |
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Measuring Distortions to Agricultural Incentives, Revisited |
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Measuring Distortions to Agricultural Incentives, Revisited |
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