Tariff equivalent and forgone trade effects of prohibitive technical barriers to trade

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 930-941

  Yue, Chengyan ^a   Beghin, John C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Corner solution; Kuhn Tucker model; New Zealand apples; Phytosanitary; Prohibitive barrier; Technical barrier to trade

Indexed keywords

BILATERAL AGREEMENT; ECONOMETRICS; IMPORT; TARIFF STRUCTURE; TRADE FLOW; TRADE POLICY; WELFARE IMPACT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 70149120726     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2009.01306.x     Document Type: Article

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