Impacts of trade liberalization on poverty and inequality in Argentina
Using the most recent estimates of agricultural price distortions, this chapter studies the economic, poverty, and income inequality impacts of both global and domestic trade reform in Argentina, with a special focus on export taxes. Argentina offers an interesting case study as the only large agric...
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| author | Cicowiez, Martín Díaz-Bonilla, Carolina Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio |
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| description | Using the most recent estimates of agricultural price distortions, this chapter studies the economic, poverty, and income inequality impacts of both global and domestic trade reform in Argentina, with a special focus on export taxes. Argentina offers an interesting case study as the only large agricultural exporter that has, at many points in its history, applied export taxes to several of its agricultural products. The chapter combines results from a global economy-wide model (World Bank’s Linkage model), a national CGE model, and microsimulations. The results suggest that liberalization of world trade (including subsidies and import taxes, but not export taxes), both for agricultural and nonagricultural goods, reduces poverty and inequality in Argentina. However, if only agricultural goods are included, indicators for poverty and inequality do not improve and even deteriorate somewhat. This is particularly the case if export taxes are eliminated. The chapter discusses the possible reasons for those results, offers some caveats, and suggests some lines for further research. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1609352025-12-08T10:11:39Z Impacts of trade liberalization on poverty and inequality in Argentina Cicowiez, Martín Díaz-Bonilla, Carolina Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio agriculture agricultural policies trade agricultural development trade policies reforms Using the most recent estimates of agricultural price distortions, this chapter studies the economic, poverty, and income inequality impacts of both global and domestic trade reform in Argentina, with a special focus on export taxes. Argentina offers an interesting case study as the only large agricultural exporter that has, at many points in its history, applied export taxes to several of its agricultural products. The chapter combines results from a global economy-wide model (World Bank’s Linkage model), a national CGE model, and microsimulations. The results suggest that liberalization of world trade (including subsidies and import taxes, but not export taxes), both for agricultural and nonagricultural goods, reduces poverty and inequality in Argentina. However, if only agricultural goods are included, indicators for poverty and inequality do not improve and even deteriorate somewhat. This is particularly the case if export taxes are eliminated. The chapter discusses the possible reasons for those results, offers some caveats, and suggests some lines for further research. 2009 2024-11-21T09:52:41Z 2024-11-21T09:52:41Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160935 en Open Access World Bank Cicowiez, Martín; Díaz-Bonilla, Carolina; and Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio. 2009. Impacts of trade liberalization on poverty and inequality in Argentina. Agricultural Distortions Working Paper 105. https://purl.umn.edu/52793 |
| spellingShingle | agriculture agricultural policies trade agricultural development trade policies reforms Cicowiez, Martín Díaz-Bonilla, Carolina Díaz-Bonilla, Eugenio Impacts of trade liberalization on poverty and inequality in Argentina |
| title | Impacts of trade liberalization on poverty and inequality in Argentina |
| title_full | Impacts of trade liberalization on poverty and inequality in Argentina |
| title_fullStr | Impacts of trade liberalization on poverty and inequality in Argentina |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impacts of trade liberalization on poverty and inequality in Argentina |
| title_short | Impacts of trade liberalization on poverty and inequality in Argentina |
| title_sort | impacts of trade liberalization on poverty and inequality in argentina |
| topic | agriculture agricultural policies trade agricultural development trade policies reforms |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160935 |
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