Does agricultural trade liberalization increase risks of supply-side uncertainty?: Effects of productivity shocks and export restrictions on welfare and food supply in Japan

Food Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 368-377

  Tanaka, Tetsuji ^a   Hosoe, Nobuhiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agricultural trade protection; Emergency stocks; Food security; Food self sufficiency rate; Productivity shocks

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TRADE; EXPORT; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD SUPPLY; FREE TRADE; IMPORT; PRODUCTIVITY; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; WELFARE IMPACT;

JAPAN;

EID: 79955464063     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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