Assessing the economic costs of a foot and mouth disease outbreak on Brittany: A dynamic computable general equilibrium analysis

Alexandre Gohin and Arnaud Rault

Food Policy, 2013, vol. 39, issue C, 97-107

Abstract: Outbreaks of animal diseases such as foot and mouth disease (FMD) are of great concern for agriculture. In this paper, we quantify the potential dynamic impacts of such a disease on Brittany, a French region with an important livestock sector. In order to do this, we develop a dynamic computable general equilibrium model that allows us to measure the impacts on the livestock sectors and downstream food industries. We study the impacts of a FMD outbreak including the culling infected animals, a temporary decline in demand, and restrictions on movements of live animals and meats during the FMD outbreak period.

Keywords: Dynamics; CGE; Animal disease; Catastrophic event (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2013.01.003

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