A Model of U.S. Corn, Sorghum, and Soybean Markets and the Role of Government Programs


Book Description

This estimated model of corn, sorghum, and soybeans markets (USAGMKTS) serves as the U.S. agricultural sector in a study of the effects of U.S. agriculture and macroeconomic policy on Mexico's agricultural sector.




A Formal Estimation of the Effect of the MFA on Clothing Exports from LDCs


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Exporting developing countries are losing a lot under the MFA's restrictions on trade in clothing : the trade- suppressing effects on restricted suppliers are big, the spillover effects on unrestricted LDCs are small.




Pricing, Cost Recovery, and Production Efficiency in Transport


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Public sector pricing policies may undermine incentives to reduce costs. Therefore measures to promote cost reduction should be part of any pricing policy reform designed to increase cost recovery.




Modeling Economic Behavior in Peru's Informal Urban Retail Sector


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Small family business that operate outside the formal system comprise a large part of the economy in developing countries and more than half the Peruvian street vendors are women. This model of informal activity in Peru's urban areas elicits policy recommendations to improve productivity (especially women's) in the informal sector.
















Redefining Government's Role in Agriculture in the Nineties


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The legitimate roles of government in agriculture--especially investment and research--have often been subordinated to roles for which government has shown little competence, such as price setting and intervention in markets. These priorities must be reversed.