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| Title: | Costs and benefits of higher tariffs on wheat imports to South Africa |
| Authors: | McDonald, Scott
Punt, Cecilia
Rantho, Lillian
van Schoor, Melt |
| Authors (Email): | McDonald, Scott (smcdonald@brookes.ac.uk)
Punt, Cecilia (ceciliap@elsenburg.com)
Rantho, Lillian (lillianr@nda.agric.za)
van Schoor, Melt (mpvs@sun.ac.za) |
| Keywords: | Computable general equilibrium (CGE)
wheat
import tariffs |
| Issue Date: | 2008-03 |
| Abstract: | Low international wheat prices, caused by tariffs and subsidies in developed countries, have been blamed for causing financial difficulty to South African farmers. While indignation at unfair trade practices may be valid, it does not necessarily follow that protection of the local industry is the best response. This study uses a static general equilibrium model to describe and quantify the effects of increased tariffs (by up to 25 percentage points) on the local wheat industry, other affected industries-- particularly downstream industries-- and the economy at large. The effects on factors, households and the government are also analysed. The results show that the benefits to the wheat industry are highly concentrated and smaller than the loss of income caused in other sectors. Welfare is negatively affected, especially for low-income households, for whom the effects are exacerbated by increases in relative food prices. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/6031 |
| Institution/Association: | Agrekon>Volume 47, Issue 1, March 2008 |
| Total Pages: | 33 |
| Journal Issue : | Agrekon |
| Journal Volume: | 47 |
| Journal Date: | March 2008 |
| From Page: | 19 |
| To Page: | 51 |
| Collections: | Volume 47, Issue 1, March 2008
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