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  • Technological change and comparative advantage of the agricultural and food processing sectors

    Creator:
    Carver, Jason M.
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    The composition of global agricultural trade is shifting from primary commodities to processed foods in terms of value and quantity. It is important to understand the linkages between agriculture and food processing to identify the sources of the structural change in agricultural trade. The question addressed by this research is...
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    approved: Munisamy Gopinath The composition of global agricultural trade is shifting from primary

  • Commodity policies and acreage decisions in U.S. agriculture, 1990-2001

    Creator:
    Smith, Gordon Lloyd
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    The Uruguay Round of trade negotiations (1994) initiated agricultural trade liberalization in the form of increased market access, lower export subsidies and limits on trade-distorting domestic support (three pillars, see Burfisher, 2001; de Gorter, Ingco and Ignacio, 2003; Gopinath, Mullen and Gulati, 2004). However, further trade liberalization has stalled largely...
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    both personally and academically. I was extremely fortunate to meet Munisamy Gopinath as we have

  • Determinants of exports and foreign direct investment in the U.S. manufacturing sector

    Creator:
    Ma, Alyson C.
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    : Munisamy Gopinath The integration of the world economy is changing the structure of international

  • Spatial price linkages between developed and developing countries : The case of rice and wheat markets

    Creator:
    Navin, Yavapolkul
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    The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture in 1994 initiated multilateral reform of the agricultural sector to better integrate global markets. The implementation of the agreement has occurred at a time when agricultural commodity prices have significantly declined. These two events reveal that many countries maintained different thresholds in terms of...
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    : Munisamy Gopinath The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture in 1994 initiated multilateral reform of the

  • Three essays on trade liberalization and Korean agriculture

    Creator:
    Yoo, Chun Kwon
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    Since the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture (URAA) in 1994, global competition in Korean agricultural markets has significantly increased. The objective of this dissertation is to identify the effects of trade liberalization on productivity and pricing in the Korean rice market (Essay 1 and 2) and on the entire agricultural...
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    :____________________________________________________ Munisamy Gopinath Since the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture (URAA) in 1994, global

  • Foreign direct investment and wage inequality across and within nations : an empirical analysis

    Creator:
    Chen, Weiyan
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    Foreign direct investment (FDI), the movement of long-term capital, has been increasingly important in the world economy since the early 1970s. Its growth rate outpaces that of trade in goods and gross national product (GNP) during the same period. Prior literature mostly focuses on either the causes (determinants) of FDI...
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    Dissertation

  • Does third-country exchange rate affect bilateral trade?

    Creator:
    Li, Yonghai
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    As the real and nominal exchange rates have become more volatile since the early 1970s, the study of the effect of exchange rate on trade flows has come into sharp focus. While conventional effects of depreciation or appreciation of exchange rates on trade flows have been accepted and verified by...
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  • Trade and productivity effects on firm behavior : the case of Korean manufacturing

    Creator:
    Kim, Sooil
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    This dissertation’s three essays investigate trade and productivity effects on firm behavior based on new heterogeneous-firms trade models in the case of Korea. In the first essay, firms’ decision to export in the case of Korean manufacturing industries is examined, where the change in firms’ productivity before and after exports...
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    Manufacturing Abstract approved: ____________________________________ Munisamy Gopinath This

  • Three essays on firm heterogeneity and regional development

    Creator:
    Saito, Hisamitsu
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    The objective of this dissertation is to theoretically and empirically examine the role of firm heterogeneity in terms of productivity and skill-intensity in the agglomeration process and the effect of agglomeration on regional economic development. In the first essay, I analyze the effect of trade liberalization on agglomeration of high-...
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    . Abstract approved: Munisamy

  • Political economy and trade effects of invasive species regulation : the case of noxious weeds

    Creator:
    Min, He
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    Many non-native weed pests of food, fiber, and nursery crops pose threats to U.S. environment and agriculture. Noxious weed regulations play an important role in preventing the introduction and spread of non-native plants, thereby protecting the local biodiversity, environment and economic activities. However, these regulations could also hamper agricultural trade....
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    : _____________________________________________ Munisamy Gopinath Many non-native weed pests of food, fiber, and nursery crops pose threats