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Factors Affecting Agricultural Trade: An Intercountry Empirical Inquiry

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  • Vollrath, Thomas L.

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The relationship between economic development and agricultural trade was evaluated quantitatively using 25 years of intercountry data. Econometric models were used to identify the importance of developmental factors affecting agricultural trade. In addition, descriptive statistics were generated enabling net exporting countries to be differentiated from net importing countries. The relevance of both the factor proportion and the technological explanation of comparative advantage was verified for agriculture. Implications for U.S. policy were drawn from the empirical analyses and integrated into a larger body of knowledge concerning the interrelation among agricultural development, agricultural trade, and general economic performance.

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  • Vollrath, Thomas L., 1983. "Factors Affecting Agricultural Trade: An Intercountry Empirical Inquiry," Staff Reports 324726, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerssr:324726
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.324726
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