A Comparative Analysis of the EU-Morocco FTA vs. Multilateral Liberalization (2004)
An applied general equilibrium model with oligopoly and scale economies, based on detailed plant-level data, is used to contrast the impacts of the Morocco-EU free trade area (FTA) to multilateral...
This research offers an empirical analysis of the economic effects on Morocco from implementing a Free Trade Area (FTA) with the European Union (EU) signed in 1996. Since the FTA translates largely...
The Uruguay Round and Africa: a Global, General Equilibrium Analysis (1998)
Hertel, Thomas W., Masters, William A., Elbehri, Aziz
Using a 10-region, 12-sector model of the global economy, projected forward to 2005 with and without implementation of the Uruguay Round (UR) trade agreements, we confirm earlier expectations that...
Implementing Bilateral Tariff Rate Quotas in GTAP using GEMPACK
Note added March 2002 The methods described in the paper below have been automated as part of Release 8.0 of GEMPACK. This new version of GEMPACK (which is being beta tested by several modellers now...
Aziz Elbehri, Thomas Hertel, Will Martin
The agreement to abolish the quotas on textiles and clothing introduced under the Multi-fiber Arrangement (MFA) will create a new and much more competitive world market for India's exports of...
Aziz Elbehri, Robert D. Yonkers
This study evaluated the impacts of bST on the profitability of representative Pennsylvania dairy farms using a stochastic simulation model under two initial milk yield-per-cow levels, three levels...
A Comparative Analysis of the EU-Morocco FTA vs. Multilateral Liberalization
An applied general equilibrium model with oligopoly and scale economies, based on detailed plant-level data, is used to contrast the impacts of the Morocco-EU free trade area (FTA) to multilateral...
The Uruguay Round and Africa: A Global, General Equilibrium Analysis.
Hertel, Thomas W, Masters, William A, Elbehri, Aziz
Using a 10-region, 12-sector model of the global economy, projected forward to 2005 with and without implementation of the Uruguay Round (UR) trade agreements, we confirm earlier expectations that...
Reforming the European Union Sugar Program: What Are the Market and Trade Implications?
Elbehri, Aziz, Umsteatter, Johannes
The European Union sugar policies, in place for over 49 years, underwent a first major reform in 2005, yielding to mounting pressures coming from the EU 2004 enlargement, the recent EBA initiative to...
PRICE BEHAVIOR IN CORN MARKET WITH IDENTITY PRESERVED TYPES
Elbehri, Aziz, Paarlberg, Philip
This study examines the price behavior for identity preserved and generic corn under different demand and competition conditions. Simulation results suggest that generic corn has a greater market...
We analyze the impacts of removing export subsidies with or without reforms to domestic support and tariffs using a multi-country trade model. Model simulations are designed to assess both the...
AGRICULTURAL POLICY REFORM IN THE WTO: THE ROAD AHEAD
Diao, Xinshen, Elbehri, Aziz, Gehlhar, Mark, Gibson, Paul, Leetmaa, Susan, Mitchell, Lorraine, ...
Agricultural trade barriers and producer subsidies inflict real costs, both on the countries that use these policies and on their trade partners. Trade barriers lower demand for trade partners'...
THE CHANGING FACE OF THE U.S. GRAIN SYSTEM: DIFFERENTIATION AND IDENTITY PRESERVATION TRENDS
This report examines current trends in the U.S. grain industry. Many identity preservation(IP) grain systems have emerged recently, driven by a confluence of supply and demand factors. IP grain...
WTO trade negotiations on market access follow the MFN treatment. However, an increasing share of trade falls under preferential regimes. For agriculture, trade liberalization analyses have showed...
Elbehri, Aziz, Yonkers, Robert
This study evaluated the impacts of bST on the profitability of representative Pennsylvania dairy farms using a stochastic simulation model under two initial milk yield-per-cow levels, three levels...