The impacts of trade freedom on food insecurity from countries with different profiles: an empirical analysis

Carolina Rodrigues Corrêa Ferreira (), Michelle Ruas Gomide () and Vinícius de Azevedo Couto Firme ()

Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 2025, vol. 45, issue 4, 701-720

Abstract: This research considered data from 124 countries (cross-section) to assess the effectsof trade freedom (TF) on food insecurity (FI). The TF proxies, defined by ExtremeBounds Analysis, were tested in linear/non-linear formats, for different income-levels and usingquantile-regressions. We found that a higher TF could be useful in lower-income countriesand/or those with critical FI cases, but it would be ineffective where TF is very low/high.Moreover, FI would be worse in poor/recessive, inflationary and landlocked economies, rural areas, with overvalued exchange rates, high population growth, low agricultural productivity,with armed conflicts and/or natural disasters and a hot-dry climate. JEL Classification: I18; Q18; F13; C21.

Keywords: Public health; food security; trade freedom; quantitative methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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