Distributional effects of the Mexican agricultural trade policies: The tomato case

The objective of this study was to analyze the welfare effects of Mexican tomato export policies. A voluntary import quota and production and export subsidies were used for the estimation of welfare impacts on Mexican consumers, producers and the government budget. Welfare effects were evaluated within a partial equilibrium framework under a two-country one-commodity trade model where Mexico was considered a large exporter nation and the United States the importer country. Changes in consumer and producer surpluses were used as measures of welfare indicators and for evaluating: (1) the welfare transfer effects in monetary terms; (2) the total welfare cost; and (3) the cost of income support due to policy intervention. For the computation of welfare effects associated with tomato trade policies, price and income elasticities were estimated from an econometric model representing the domestic and foreign markets for Mexican tomatoes.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Agricultural Economics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Salcedo-Baca, Diznarda

Contributors dc:contributor

• Schmidt, Stephen C.

• Economics, Agricultural

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1990 Salcedo-Baca, Diznarda

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9026312
(UMI)AAI9026312

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/20758