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The Impact of Domestic and Foreign Macroeconomic Variables on U.S. Meat Exports

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Donald J. Liu ,
Pin J. Chung  and
William H. Meyers
Donald J. Liu
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, Iowa State University
Pin J. Chung
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, Iowa State University
William H. Meyers
Affiliation:
Department of Economics, Iowa State University
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Abstract

This paper examines the impact of domestic and foreign macroeconomic variables on U.S. meat exports, including beef, pork, turkey, and chicken, in the context of an open economy. The results show that foreign macroeconomic variables exert more significant and persistent effects on U.S. meat exports than domestic macroeconomic variables. The implication is that the U.S. can increase its meat exports more effectively by expending efforts on international macroeconomic policy coordination rather than on domestic sectoral policy. The results also suggest that macroeconomic models of the agricultural sector should include foreign variables and should not be limited only to domestic ones.

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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , October 1993 , pp. 210 - 221
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Copyright © 1993 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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