Purpose This paper investigates the effects of total abolition all forms agricultural subsidies to producers and border tariffs on prices staple cereals. Design/methodology/approach The authors use GTAP global economy-wide model focus 27 countries 8 regions. database that is used contains information budgetary transfers market price support such as domestic support, tariffs, export subsidies, q...

Recent years have seen a resurgent interest in large scale input subsidies, and particularly fertilizer subsidies, in agricultural development and food security policies in Africa. Very high global grain prices in the first part of 2008 appeared to make such subsidies even more attractive, but this was complicated by even more dramatic rises in fertilizer prices. Global grain and fertiliser pri...

If product demand from abroad has a low correlation with domestic demand, we would expect export-intensive firms to have greater cashflow stability than firms that only sell domestically. This implies that they would also be able to support higher financial leverage. We test this hypothesis by looking at a sample of Indian firms. The hypothesis is tentatively accepted. Export Intensity and Fina...

The effective factors on the economic growth of Iran during the first 5-year development plan are studied. The main characteristics of this period are that the first development plan began after the end of war during which some of the unused capacities of the war period were utilized. While the budget deficit was continued in this period the government also pursued policies such as devaluation ...

Export and the readiness to export constitute the first step of international marketing, which are affected by both internal and external factors of firms. One of the most important internal  factors is the presence of skilled personnel. The purpose of this study was to define the relationship between staff qualification and encouragment with the readiness level of Iranian pharmacuetical firms ...

Export and the readiness to export constitute the first step of international marketing, which are affected by both internal and external factors of firms. One of the most important internal  factors is the presence of skilled personnel. The purpose of this study was to define the relationship between staff qualification and encouragment with the readiness level of Iranian pharmacuetical firms ...

a diversification of the country’s export structure through the concerted development of its export-oriented manufacturing capacity could offer a viable alternative, as also stipulated in the country’s second socioeconomic and cultural development plan, by increasing the resilience of its economy against external shocks, supporting employment creation and technological innovation, and adding do...

â â â  â  zahra zamani [1] â â  seyed komail tayebi â  department of economics, university of isfahan, iran â â department of economics, university of isfahan, iran â â â  abstract â  international trade causes that markets to become more competitive and small-medium sized enterprises (smes) learn to compete effectively within this increasingly competitive global market place. smes are able to ...