How would global trade liberalization affect rural and regional incomes in Australia?

Title: How would global trade liberalization affect rural and regional incomes in Australia?
Creator: Anderson, Kym; Giesecke, James; Valenzuela, Ernesto
Date: 2010
Type: Text; Journal article
Identifier: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/73604
Identifier: vital:7079
Identifier: ISSN:1364-985X
Abstract: For decades rural Australia has been discriminated against by industrial policies at home and agricultural protectionism abroad. While agricultural export taxation in poor countries had the opposite impact, recent reforms there mean that that offsetting effect on Australia has diminished. There has also been some re-instrumentation of rich-country farm policies away from trade measures. This paper draws on new evidence to examine whether Australian farmers and rural regions are still adversely affected by farm price-distortive policies abroad, using a global and a national economy-wide model. The results vindicate the continuing push by Australia's rural communities for multilateral agricultural trade liberalization.
Relation: Australian Journal Of Agricultural And Resource Economics Vol. 54, no. 4 (2010), p. 389-406
Rights: Copyright Wiley-Blackwell
Rights: This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Subject: MD Multidisciplinary; Regional CGE modelling; Rural income; Trade liberalization
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