Modelling regional policy scenarios in the agri-food sector: a case study of a Spanish region

Ignacio Cazcarro, Rosa Duarte, Julio Sánchez Chóliz, Cristina Sarasa and Ana Serrano

Applied Economics, 2016, vol. 48, issue 16, 1463-1480

Abstract: The agri-food industry has several features of great importance for sustainable economic growth in rural areas. The objective of this work is to evaluate the effects associated with different scenarios of growth, and changes in the regional agri-food industry. These scenarios simulate changes in exports and imports, changes in technology and changes in the level of industrial integration. We develop a computable general equilibrium model calibrated for the region. Our results indicate that policies trying to improve the competitiveness and dynamism of strategic sectors as the agro-industrial complex in this regional economy exert positive effects on its growth and income, having notable impacts on local job markets but also in other sectors and activities linked through the whole production chain.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/00036846.2015.1102842

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