Searching under the Light: The Neglect of Dynamics and Risk in the Analysis of Food Trade Reforms

Rodney Tyers

No 197873, 1992 Occasional Paper Series No. 6 from International Association of Agricultural Economists

Abstract: The substantial investment in models of global food markets immediately prior to and during the Uruguay Round of international trade negotiations has been a mixed blessing so far as the prospects for reform are concerned. At worst, results from these models have misled the negotiations, first because they have served the losers from reform better than the gainers and second because they have tended not to address a primary concern lending domestic political support to food market interventions, namely the avoidance of risks borne of dependence on international markets. The paper reviews some errors that have stemmed from the application of "standard" but inappropriate models and examines the implications of extending the standard methodology to include the combination of explicit food price risk with dynamic behaviour and market-insulating policies.

Keywords: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8
Date: 1992
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.197873

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