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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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Main Authors:	Bastos, Paulo, Straume, Odd Rune, Urrego, Jaime A.
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS AGRICULTURAL GOOD AGRICULTURAL GOODS AGRICULTURAL IMPORTS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL MARKETS AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL TRADE AGRICULTURE AIR AIR TEMPERATURE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ANIMAL OILS APPAREL APPLIED TARIFF ARBITRAGE AVERAGE RAINFALL BASE YEAR BILATERAL IMPORTS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM COMPETITIVE MARKETS CONSUMER SURPLUS CONSUMPTION LEVELS COST FUNCTIONS COST INCREASE DAIRY DAIRY PRODUCTS DEMAND FUNCTION DEMAND FUNCTIONS DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DOMESTIC CONSUMERS DOMESTIC DEMAND DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC PRODUCER DOMESTIC PRODUCERS DOMESTIC PRODUCTION ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMIC RESEARCH ESSENTIAL OILS EXPORT EXPORT MARKETING EXPORT PRICE EXPORT SUBSIDIES EXPORTERS EXPORTS EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FATS FOOD DEMAND FOREIGN INDUSTRIES FOREIGN PRODUCER FOREIGN PRODUCERS FOREIGN PRODUCTION FOREIGN SUPPLIERS FREE TRADE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL HOME MARKET IMPACT OF RAINFALL IMPERFECT COMPETITION IMPORT TARIFFS INDUSTRIAL POLICY INTERNATIONAL MARKET INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY LIVE ANIMALS MACROECONOMICS MARGINAL COST MARGINAL COSTS MARGINAL EFFECTS MARGINAL PRODUCTION MARKET POWER MARKET PRICE MARKET SHARE MARKET SHARES MARKET STRUCTURE MARKETING MARKETING BOARD MARKETING BOARDS MEAT MEAT PRODUCTS NASH EQUILIBRIUM OLEAGINOUS FRUITS OLIGOPOLISTIC INDUSTRIES OLIGOPOLY OPENNESS PERFECT COMPETITION POLITICAL ECONOMY PRICE ELASTICITY PRICE ELASTICITY OF DEMAND PRICE INCREASE PRICE POLICIES PRODUCER PRICE PRODUCTION COSTS RAIN RAINFALL RAINFALL DATA RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION RAINFALL LEVELS REGRESSION ANALYSIS RETURNS TO SCALE SALE SEASON SPREAD STRATEGIC TRADE POLICY SUGAR SUPPLY CURVE SUPPLY FUNCTION SUPPLY FUNCTIONS TANNING TARIFF REVENUE TAX REVENUES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOTAL OUTPUT TRADE AGREEMENTS TRADE DISPUTES TRADE POLICY TRADE REFORM VOLUME WEALTH WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY WORLD MARKETS WORLD TRADE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/03/17493992/rain-agriculture-tariffs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13177

Rain, Agriculture, and Tariffs

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