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Policy Implications of Textile Trade Management and the U.S. Cotton Industry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Shangnan Shui ,
Michael K. Wohlgenant  and
John C. Beghin
Shangnan Shui
Affiliation:
University of Arkansas
Michael K. Wohlgenant
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University
John C. Beghin
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University
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Abstract

This study investigates the effects on the U.S. cotton industry of textile trade liberalization using a multi-market equilibrium displacement model. The simulation results suggest that textile trade liberalization would induce small changes in the total demand for U.S. cotton but would affect considerably U.S. cotton demand structure, making U.S. cotton growers more dependent on world markets. The welfare analyses reveal that textile trade liberalization would result in a small welfare loss for U.S. cotton producers. As expected, textile trade liberalization also would lead to considerable substitution of imports for domestic production and substantial declines in prices of all textile products.

Type
Trade Liberalization and International Agricultural Development
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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 22 , Issue 1 , April 1993 , pp. 37 - 47
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Copyright © 1993 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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