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1 online resource (275 pages) |
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Westview special studies in international economics and business |
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Westview special studies in international economics and business.
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Table; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION: AGRICULTURAL IMPORT DECISION PROCESSES IN THE CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES; TRADE AGENCIES IN THE CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES; INCONVERTIBILITY, BILATERALISM AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE SHORTAGES; ROLE OF PRICE IN IMPORT DECISIONS; EAST-WEST AGRICULTURAL TRADE ISSUES; LONG-TERM GRAIN AGREEMENTS; PREDICTING AGRICULTURAL PURCHASES BY THE CPE GROUP; DOING BUSINESS WITH CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIES; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES |
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CHAPTER 2 THE EFFECT OF THE U.S.-SOVIET BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT ON THE WORLD MARKET: IMPLICATIONS FOR UNITED STATES POLICYINTRODUCTION; Structure and Objectives of Bilateral Trade Agreements; The Effect of Bilateral Trade Agreements on Price and Trade Variability; Policy Alternatives Available to Overcommitted Grain Traders; The World Grain Trading Environment of the Early 1970s; Purposes and Structure of the 1975 U.S.-Soviet Grain Agreement; Performance of the Agreement; A Simulation Analysis of the Five-Year Agreement; Changes in Soviet Grain Management Practices |
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The Effects on United States Wheat and Corn MarketsCONCLUSIONS; NOTES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3 HARVEST FAILURES IN EASTERN EUROPE: PLANNERS' RESPONSES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR WORLD GRAIN MARKETS; INTRODUCTION; THE DEMAND FOR GRAIN IMPORT; Planners' Behavior and the Demand for Grain; East European Agricultural Crises, 1960-1980; Responses to Agricultural Crises in the 1980s; Implications for Prediction and Modelling; IMPLICATIONS FOR WORLD GRAIN MARKETS; Trading with a Centrally Planned Economy; The Economics of Grain Agreements; Grain Agreements and the World Grain Market; NOTES; REFERENCES |
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CHAPTER 4 IMPORT RESPONSE, FOREIGN EXCHANGE ALLOCATION AND INCONVERTIBILITY IN THE CENTRALLY PLANNED ECONOMIESINTRODUCTION; EMPIRICAL MEASUREMENT OF IMPORT RESPONSE; THE THEORY OF IMPORT BEHAVIOR IN A CPE; FOREIGN EXCHANGE ALLOCATION RESPONSE; SUMMARY; NOTES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5 THE CENTRALLY PLANNED COUNTRIES' LIVESTOCK PRODUCT AND FEED GRAIN SYSTEMS; INTRODUCTION; TRADE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE WEST; DESCRIPTION OF MODEL AND DATA SOURCES; Nutrient Requirement Matrix; Feed Supply Matrix; Livestock Offtake Matrix; Input-Output Matrix; PROFILE OF LIVESTOCK/FEED SECTOR IN SOCIALIST COUNTRIES |
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Livestock ProductionFeed Use; Nutrient Requirements; RESULTS OF THE STUDY; Projected Grain Use; Soviet Union; Eastern Europe; China; Total Grain Fed; Analysis of Oilseed Feed Use; Use of By-Products and Roughage; CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS; NOTES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6 CHINA: AN ENIGMA IN THE WORLD GRAIN TRADE; INTRODUCTION; CHINESE FOOD POLICY; CHINA'S FOOD POLICY DILEMMA AND MODERNIZATION DRIVE; Technical Change; Subsidized Farm Inputs; Subsidizing the Gap Between Farm Prices and Retail Prices; Subsidized Poor People's Foods; An Import-Export Strategy Using Comparative Advantage |
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UNDERSTANDING WORLD GRAIN MARKETS |
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Print version record |
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Produce trade.
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East-West trade.
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East-West trade
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Produce trade
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Agraraußenhandel
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Agrarprodukt
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Landwirtschaft
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Ost-West-Handel
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Geschichte 1945-1986.
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Ostblock
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USA
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429691843 |
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042969184X |
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9780429711855 |
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0429711859 |
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