Scientific Commons: Ernesto Valenzuela

Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models are increasingly used for global trade policy analyses. This thesis addresses three issues that have arisen in this context. The first is the question of...

Trade reforms and poverty: Are the impacts discernable? (2006)

Valenzuela, Ernesto, Hertel, T.

The impacts of trade policy reform on poverty have been a subject of heated debate. Some have argued that multilateral trade reform could make substantial inroads into global poverty, while others...

Poverty vulnerability and trade policy: Are the likely impacts discernable? (2006)

Valenzuela, Ernesto, Hertel, T.

Ernesto Valenzuela and Thomas W. Hertel

WTO’s cotton initiative: Two complementary opportunities to boost African cotton investment, incomes and exports (2006)

Anderson, Kym, Valenzuela, Ernesto

Kym Anderson and Ernesto Valenzuela

Compendium of economic and trade indicators, 1960 to 2004 (2006)

Sandri, D., Valenzuela, Ernesto, Anderson, Kym

WTO's DOHA Cotton Initiative : how will it affect developing countries? (2006)

Anderson, Kym, Valenzuela, Ernesto

Especially in Africa and Central Asia, cotton is an important cash crop. It is receiving attention of late because four poor cotton-exporting West African countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and...

Background data for the research project on Distortions to Agricultural Incentives (2006)

Valenzuela, Ernesto, Anderson, Kym

Ernesto Valenzuela and Kym Anderson

Trade reforms and poverty: Are the impacts discernable? (2006)

Valenzuela, Ernesto, Hertel, T.

The impacts of trade policy reform on poverty have been a subject of heated debate. Some have argued that multilateral trade reform could make substantial inroads into global poverty, while others...

Poverty vulnerability and trade policy: Are the likely impacts discernable? (2006)

Valenzuela, Ernesto, Hertel, T.

Ernesto Valenzuela and Thomas W. Hertel

WTO’s cotton initiative: Two complementary opportunities to boost African cotton investment, incomes and exports (2006)

Anderson, Kym, Valenzuela, Ernesto

Kym Anderson and Ernesto Valenzuela

Compendium of economic and trade indicators, 1960 to 2004 (2006)

Sandri, D., Valenzuela, Ernesto, Anderson, Kym

WTO's DOHA Cotton Initiative : how will it affect developing countries? (2006)

Anderson, Kym, Valenzuela, Ernesto

Especially in Africa and Central Asia, cotton is an important cash crop. It is receiving attention of late because four poor cotton-exporting West African countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and...

Background data for the research project on Distortions to Agricultural Incentives (2006)

Valenzuela, Ernesto, Anderson, Kym

Ernesto Valenzuela and Kym Anderson

Assessing Global CGE Model Validity Using Agricultural Price Volatility (2005)

Valenzuela, Ernesto, Hertel, Thomas, Keeney, Roman, Reimer, Jeff

Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models are commonly used for global agricultural market analysis. However, concerns are sometimes raised about the quality of their output since key parameters...

Incorporating commodity stockholding into a general equilibrium model of the global economy (2005)

Hertel, T., Reimer, J., Valenzuela, Ernesto

Why market access is the most important of agriculture's "three pillars" in the Doha negotiations (2005)

Anderson, Kym, Martin, W., Valenzuela, Ernesto

Limiting trade-distorting domestic support to farmers, and phasing out agricultural export subsidies are important and necessary disciplines. However, the potential income gains from abolishing these...

Market access in the western hemisphere: implications for the Andean community (2005)

Arguello, R., Valenzuela, Ernesto

Agriculture productivity growth: Is the current trend on the track to poverty reduction? (2005)

Valenzuela, Ernesto, Ivanic, M., Ludena, C., Hertel, T.

Reduction of global poverty through sector-specific investment (2005)

Ivanic, M., Valenzuela, Ernesto, Ludena, C.

Incorporating commodity stockholding into a general equilibrium model of the global economy (2005)

Hertel, T., Reimer, J., Valenzuela, Ernesto

Why market access is the most important of agriculture's "three pillars" in the Doha negotiations (2005)

Anderson, Kym, Martin, W., Valenzuela, Ernesto

Limiting trade-distorting domestic support to farmers, and phasing out agricultural export subsidies are important and necessary disciplines. However, the potential income gains from abolishing these...

Market access in the western hemisphere: implications for the Andean community (2005)

Arguello, R., Valenzuela, Ernesto

Agriculture productivity growth: Is the current trend on the track to poverty reduction? (2005)

Valenzuela, Ernesto, Ivanic, M., Ludena, C., Hertel, T.

Reduction of global poverty through sector-specific investment (2005)

Ivanic, M., Valenzuela, Ernesto, Ludena, C.

Evaluating poverty impacts of globalization and trade policy changes on agricultural producers (2004)

Valenzuela, Ernesto, Hertel, T., Ivanic, M., Pratt, A. N.

http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/handle/20242

Evaluating poverty impacts of globalization and trade policy changes on agricultural producers (2004)

Valenzuela, Ernesto, Hertel, T., Ivanic, M., Pratt, A. N.

http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/handle/20242

Do Global Trade Distortions Still Harm Developing Country Farmers?

Anderson, Kym, Valenzuela, Ernesto

We estimate the impact of global merchandise trade distortions and services regulations on agricultural value added in various countries. Using the latest versions of the GTAP database and the...

Incorporating commodity stockholding into a general equilibrium model of the global economy

Hertel, Thomas W., Reimer, Jeffrey J., Valenzuela, Ernesto

Assessing Global CGE Model Validity Using Agricultural Price Volatility

Valenzuela, Ernesto, Hertel, Thomas, Keeney, Roman, Reimer, Jeff

Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models are commonly used for global agricultural market analysis. However, concerns are sometimes raised about the quality of their output since key parameters...

The relative importance of global agricultural subsidies and market access

ANDERSON, KYM, MARTIN, WILL, VALENZUELA, ERNESTO

The claim by global trade modelers that the potential contribution to global economic welfare of removing agricultural subsidies is less than one-tenth of that from removing agricultural tariffs...

WTO's Doha Cotton Initiative: A Tale of Two Issues

Anderson, Kym, Valenzuela, Ernesto

Four West African nations have demanded the WTO’s Doha Development Agenda include a Cotton Initiative that involves two issues: cutting cotton subsidies and tariffs, and assisting farm productivity...

GM Cotton Adoption, Recent and Prospective: A Global CGE Analysis of Economic Impacts

Anderson, Kym, Jackson, Lee Ann, Valenzuela, Ernesto

This paper provides estimates of the economic impact of initial adoption of genetically modified (GM) cotton and of its potential impacts beyond the few countries where it is currently common. Use is...

The Relative Importance of Global Agricultural Subsidies and Market Access

Anderson, Kym, Martin, Will, Valenzuela, Ernesto

The claim by global trade modelers that the potential contribution to global economic welfare of removing agricultural subsidies is less than one-tenth of that from removing agricultural tariffs...

The relative importance of global agricultural subsidies and market access

Anderson, Kym, Martin, Will, Valenzuela, Ernesto

The claim by global trade modelers that the potential contribution to global economic welfare of removing agricultural subsidies is less than one-tenth of that from removing agricultural tariffs...

Do global trade distortions still harm developing country farmers ?

Anderson, Kym, Valenzuela, Ernesto

The authors estimate the impact of global merchandise trade distortions and services regulations on agricultural value added in various countries. Using the latest versions of the Global Trade...

Recent and prospective adoption of genetically modified cotton : a global computable general equilibrium analysis of economic impacts

Anderson, Kym, Valenzuela, Ernesto, Jackson, Lee Ann

The authors provide estimates of the economic impact of initial adoption of genetically modified (GM) cotton and of its potential impacts beyond the few countries where it is currently common. They...

The World Trade Organization's Doha cotton initiative : a tale of two issues

Anderson, Kym, Valenzuela, Ernesto

Four West African nations have demanded that the World Trade Organization's Doha Development Agenda include a Cotton Initiative that involves two issues: cutting cotton subsidies and tariffs, and...

Impacts of trade reform: sensitivity of model results to key assumptions

Ernesto Valenzuela, Kym Anderson, Thomas Hertel

Trade policy reform, WTO, Agricultural trade, Computable general equilibrium, C68, F17, Q17,

Market access in the Western Hemisphere: Implications for the Andean Community

Ricardo Arguello, Ernesto Valenzuela

This study contributes to the economic assessment of further trade liberalization in the Western Hemisphere over the Andean Community member countries. The most significant trade liberalization...

Assessing Global Computable General Equilibrium Model Validity Using Agricultural Price Volatility

Ernesto Valenzuela, Thomas W. Hertel, Roman Keeney, Jeffrey J. Reimer

Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models are commonly used for global agricultural market analysis. Concerns are sometimes raised, however, about the quality of their output since key parameters...

The World Trade Organisation's Doha Cotton Initiative: A Tale of Two Issues

Kym Anderson, Ernesto Valenzuela

Four West African nations have demanded that the WTO's Doha Development Agenda include a Cotton Initiative that involves two issues: cutting cotton subsidies and tariffs, and assisting farm...

MARKET ACCESS IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE ANDEAN

Ricardo Arguello, Ernesto Valenzuela

This study contributes to the economic assessment of further trade liberalization in the Western Hemisphere over the Andean Community member countries. The most significant trade liberalization...

Do Global Trade Distortions Still Harm Developing Country Farmers?

Kym Anderson, Ernesto Valenzuela

Trade policy reform, CGE modeling, agricultural markets, economic welfare,

Measuring distortions to agricultural incentives, revisited

Anderson, Kym, Kurzweil, Marianne, Martin, Will, Sandri, Damiano, Valenzuela, Ernesto

Notwithstanding the tariffication component of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture, import tariffs on farm products continue to provide an incomplete indication of the extent to which...

Recent and Prospective Adoption of Genetically Modified Cotton: A Global Computable General Equilibrium Analysis of Economic Impacts

Kym Anderson, Ernesto Valenzuela, Lee Ann Jackson

This article provides estimates of the economic impact of initial adoption of genetically modified (GM) cotton and of its potential impacts beyond the few countries where it is currently common. Use...

Market access in the Western Hemisphere: implications for the Andean Community

Argüello C., Ricardo, Valenzuela, Ernesto

Resumen: este estudio busca contribuir a la evaluación del impacto económico que una mayor liberalización comercial en el Hemisferio Occidental, puede tener sobre los países miembros de la...

Agriculture Productivity Growth: Is the Current Trend on the Track to Poverty Reduction?

Valenzuela, Ernesto, Ivanic, Maros, Ludena, Carlos, Hertel, Thomas W.

In this study we evaluate the effect of annual productivity growth in agriculture over the 1991-2001 period on poverty in eleven developing countries. We compare this with the optimal pattern of...

Poverty Vulnerability and Trade Policy: Are the Likely Impacts Discernable?

Valenzuela, Ernesto, Hertel, Thomas

Trade policy reform prospects have generated debate about the impacts on poverty. Some critics assert that price changes induced by trade reform are minimal and may not be distinguishable from price...

The Relative Importance of Global Agricultural Subsidies and Market Access

Anderson, Kym, Martin, Will, Valenzuela, Ernesto

The claim by global trade modelers that the potential contribution to global economic welfare of removing agricultural subsidies is less than one-tenth of that from removing agricultural tariffs...

INCORPORATING COMMODITY STOCKHOLDING BEHAVIOR INTO A SHORT-RUN GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

Hertel, Thomas W., Reimer, Jeffrey J., Valenzuela, Ernesto

This paper incorporates commodity stockholding into a short run, stochastic global general equilibrium model. A mix of econometric and calibration techniques are used to reconcile model outcomes with...

Evaluating Poverty Impacts of Globalization and Trade Policy Changes on Agricultural Producers

Valenzuela, Ernesto, Hertel, Thomas W., Ivanic, Maros, Pratt, Alejandro Nin

The poverty effects and in particular the impact of trade liberalization on smallholder livestock producers in African and South East Asian developing countries (Malawi, Zambia, Uganda, Mozambique,...

GLOBAL ANALYSIS OF AGRICULTURAL TRADE LIBERALIZATION: ASSESSING MODEL VALIDITY

Hertel, Thomas W., Keeney, Roman, Valenzuela, Ernesto

This paper presents a validation experiment of a global CGE trade model widely used for analysis of trade liberalization. We focus on the ability of the model to reproduce price volatility in wheat...

Ernesto Valenzuela

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