Caloric consumption efficiency and import dependency: Evidence from Sri Lanka

Article Agricultural Economics & Policy

The impact of COVID-19 trade measures on agricultural and food trade

Soojung Ahn et al.

Summary: This paper assesses the determinants of temporary non-tariff measures (NTMs) in response to COVID-19 and their implications for the agricultural and food trade. Economic and pandemic considerations played a significant role in implementing such NTMs. The study estimates a dynamic post-event trade response of 5.4% for import facilitating and -27.5% for export restricting NTMs, showing their effectiveness in achieving policy goals.

APPLIED ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES AND POLICY (2023)

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Article Business, Finance

Trade policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic crisis: Evidence from a new data set

Simon Evenett et al.

Summary: This paper presents new high-frequency data on trade policy changes targeting medical and food products since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. It reveals a rapid increase in trade policy activism in February and March 2020, but also highlights extensive heterogeneity across countries in their use of trade policy measures.

WORLD ECONOMY (2022)

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Article Economics

THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF SIR ROBERT PEEL: A QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE REPEAL OF THE CORN LAWS

Douglas A. Irwin et al.

Summary: The repeal of Britain's Corn Laws in 1846 had little impact on overall welfare, with static efficiency gains offset by terms-of-trade losses. Labourers and capital owners saw slight gains at the expense of landowners, while the top 10% of income earners lost out and the bottom 90% gained.

ECONOMIC JOURNAL (2021)

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Article Business

The crucial role of domestic and international market-mediated adaptation to climate change

Christophe Gouel et al.

Summary: Climate change will have uneven effects on agricultural yields globally, with some countries potentially experiencing increases while most will see decreases. Adjustments in production and trade can help reduce welfare losses on a global scale.

JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT (2021)

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Article Economics

India's calorie consumption puzzle: insights from the stochastic cost frontier analysis of calorie purchases

Gautam Hazarika et al.

Summary: The decline in per capita calorie consumption among Indians has puzzled researchers, with studies suggesting it may be due to a squeeze in household food budgets. Stochastic Cost Frontier Analysis has been used to show a new way of measuring changes in food security over time.

EMPIRICAL ECONOMICS (2021)

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