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Food Aid as Surplus Disposal? The WTO, Export Competition Disciplines and the Disposition of Food Aid

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  • Cardwell, Ryan T.
  • Fridfinnson, Brooke
  • Rude, James

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The empirical investigation suggests that there exists an endogenous relationship between subsidy/credit shipments and food aid for wheat in the US. The empirical VAR demonstrates a contemporaneous increase in food aid shipments as alternative vents constrict. This result suggests that a trade agreement that disciplines export subsidies and credits may put upward pressure on food aid shipments as agricultural exporters vent the pressure of their domestic surpluses. The empirical results suggest that in the US wheat market the effects are not large. The same phenomenon has been noted in the case of skim milk powder by Margulis; skim milk powder would provide another interesting empirical case, were the data available.

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  • Cardwell, Ryan T. & Fridfinnson, Brooke & Rude, James, 2007. "Food Aid as Surplus Disposal? The WTO, Export Competition Disciplines and the Disposition of Food Aid," Commissioned Papers 7310, Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:catpcp:7310
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.7310
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    1. Innes, Brian G. & Kerr, William A. & Hobbs, Jill E., 2007. "International Product Differentiation through a Country Brand: An Economic Analysis of National Branding as a Marketing Strategy for Agricultural Products," Commissioned Papers 6131, Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network.
    2. Häberli, Christian & Heri, Simone, 2011. "Can the World Trade Organization Ensure that Food Aid is Genuine?," Papers 164, World Trade Institute.
    3. Meilke, Karl D., 2008. "Did the WTO Play a Role in the Food Crisis?," Commissioned Papers 43467, Canadian Agricultural Trade Policy Research Network.

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    Food Security and Poverty;

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