Impacts of foreign policies on the gains from research and promotion
Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
Agricultural Economics
Publication Date
1-1999
Volume
20
Issue
1
First Page
11
Last Page
21
Abstract
This paper compares the direct and indirect effects of rest-of-the-world (ROW) policy on welfare in country A: the direct effect due to the change in world price caused by the policy in the absence of research/promotion-induced shifts in supply/demand, and the additional (or indirect) effect of the policy on the welfare gain to country A from its investment in research and promotion. The results showed that the reduction in aggregate economic benefits from research/promotion due to a world price-reducing policy in ROW could be in the range of 25-50% of the direct reduction in social welfare due to the ROW policy. In the case of Australian beef/veal, it is possible for the welfare impact of the ROW policy via research payoff in country A to exceed the direct welfare cost.
DOI
10.1016/S0169-5150(98)00074-7
Print ISSN
01695150
E-ISSN
15740862
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 1999 Elsevier Science B.V.
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Language
English
Recommended Citation
Voon, J. P., & Edwards, G. W. (1999). Impacts of foreign policies on the gains from research and promotion. Agricultural Economics, 20(1), 11-21. Retrieved from http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169515098000747
