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Dairy disaggregation and joint production in an economy-wide model

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  • Angus Charteris

    () (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Wellington, New Zealand)

  • Niven Winchester

    () (Department of Economics, University of Otago)

Abstract

We examine the impact of dairy disaggregation and joint production on trade liberalisation outcomes in an economy-wide model. Depending on parameterisation, our model includes either (a) a single dairy commodity, (b) several dairy commodities without joint production, or (c) several dairy commodities with joint production. In a numerical application, we consider the removal of US tariffs on dairy exports from New Zealand (the world's largest dairy exporter). We show that failing to account for joint production when dairy commodities are disaggregated leads to misleading results. Our preferred dairy production function differs from those used in other applied trade models.

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  • Angus Charteris & Niven Winchester, 2008. "Dairy disaggregation and joint production in an economy-wide model," Working Papers 0810, University of Otago, Department of Economics, revised Nov 2008.
    • Handle: RePEc:otg:wpaper:0810
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    Keywords

    Disaggregation; joint production; trade liberalisation;

    JEL classification:

    • D58 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Computable and Other Applied General Equilibrium Models
    • F15 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Economic Integration

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