Estimating the social welfare effects of New Zealand apple imports

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 599-620

  Cook, David C ^a,b,c   Carrasco, Luis R ^d   Paini, Dean R ^b,e   Fraser, Rob W ^f,g  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Australia Cooperative Research Centre for National Plant Biosecurity   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Fire blight; Import risk assessment; SPS measures

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FRUIT; IMPORT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; INVASIVE SPECIES; PRICE DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WELFARE ECONOMICS; WELFARE IMPACT; WELFARE PROVISION;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 80053449233     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2011.00558.x     Document Type: Article

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