01741cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF003317 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451860405 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Paiva, Claudio. Assessing Protectionism and Subsidies in Agriculture : A Gravity Approach / Claudio Paiva. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2005. 1 online resource (17 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This paper provides the first comprehensive empirical analysis of agricultural trade using a gravity model. The data set covers bilateral trade in agricultural goods for 152 countries over the periods 1990-93 and 1999-2002. The estimations support claims that protectionism and distortive subsidies to agriculture remain widespread in more developed nations, which are shown to import less and export more agricultural products than expected given other economic, political, and geographic determinants of trade. However, some developing regions that are often thought to be the main victims of industrial-country protectionism are also found to be relatively closed to agricultural trade. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2005/021 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2005/021/001.2005.issue-021-en.xml IMF e-Library