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Do the Japanese Discriminate Against Australian Beef Imports?: Evidence From the Differential Approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Dave D. Weatherspoon  and
James L. Seale Jr.
Dave D. Weatherspoon
Affiliation:
Agribusiness at Florida A&M University
James L. Seale Jr.
Affiliation:
Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida
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Abstract

This paper considers an application of the differential approach to Japanese demand for beef imports from 1970 to 1993. Results of homothetic demand and negative (significant) own-price elasticities indicate that the Japanese did not discriminate against Australian beef, but the decrease in Australia's trade shares was due to changes in relative prices.

Keywords

Japanbeef importsimport demanddifferential approachRotterdam modelCBS model
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , December 1995 , pp. 536 - 543
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1995

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