Economic Effects of a Free Trade Agreement like CAFTA on Agricultural Trade Between Southern U.S. and Latin American Regions, and the Potential Implications for Rural Development

Porfirio A. Fuentes, Albert J. Allen and Warren C. Couvillion

No 34634, 2004 Annual Meeting, February 14-18, 2004, Tulsa, Oklahoma from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: A SEM model is presented to simulate the effects of a Free Trade agreement. As expected results show an increase in social welfare in trading regions involved resulting from the FTA implementation. An analysis of the potential effects on rural poor and policy implications for rural development are also presented.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban; Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.34634

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