The price stabilization effects of the EU entry price scheme for fruits and vegetables

Cioffi, Antonio and Santeramo, Fabio Gaetano and Vitale, Cosimo (2010): The price stabilization effects of the EU entry price scheme for fruits and vegetables. Forthcoming in: Agricultural Economics (2010)

Abstract

The paper assesses the stabilization effects of the EU import regime for fresh fruit and vegetables based on the entry price system. The analysis is carried out on the EU prices of tomatoes and lemons and those of imports from some of the main competing countries on the EU domestic markets: Morocco, Argentina and Turkey. It is based on the estimation of a threshold vector autoregressive econometric model that is shown capable of taking the workings of the import regime into account. The model shows that prices behave differently when import prices are above/below the trigger entry price. This paper allowed to highlight the cases for which the isolation effect of EPS seems reached and the resulting stabilization effects.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Fruit and vegetables; Entry price system; stabilisation effects; TVAR
• Subjects: F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F13 - Trade Policy ; International Trade Organizations; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q1 - Agriculture > Q17 - Agriculture in International Trade; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q1 - Agriculture > Q18 - Agricultural Policy ; Food Policy

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