Agricultural trade distortions during the global financial crisis

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 235-260

  Anderson, Kym ^a,b,c   Nelgen, Signe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commodity price stabilization; Distorted incentives; Domestic market insulation; International price transmission

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TRADE; COMMODITY PRICE; EXPORT; FINANCIAL CRISIS; GLOBAL ECONOMY; IMPORT; TERMS OF TRADE; TRADE FLOW; TRADE PERFORMANCE; TRADE POLICY; WELFARE ECONOMICS; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84870355439     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grs001     Document Type: Article

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