Detalhes do Documento

Rain, food and tariffs

Autor(es): Bastos, Paulo cv logo 1 ; Straume, Odd Rune cv logo 2 ; Urrego, Jaime A. cv logo 3

Data: 2012

Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/18372

Origem: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho

Assunto(s): Rainfall shocks; Strategic trade policy; Agriculture


Descrição
We examine whether and how rainfall shocks affect tariff setting in the agricultural sector. In a model of international oligopoly, we show that the impact of a negative rainfall shock on optimal import tariffs is generally ambiguous, depending on the weight placed by the domestic policy maker on tariff revenue, profi ts and the consumer surplus. The more weight placed on domestic profits ts, the more likely it is that the policy maker will respond to a rainfall shortage by reducing import tariffs. Using detailed panel data on applied tariffs and rainfall for 70 nations, we fi nd that rainfall shortages generally induce policy makers to set lower tariffs on agricultural imports.
Tipo de Documento Research paper
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