Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/285398 
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Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
Texto para Discussão No. 2960
Publisher: 
Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA), Brasília
Abstract (Translated): 
A significant question in agricultural economic research is understanding how economic shocks affect the different links of a productive chain, since the gains and losses induced by them might spread in a non-uniform way among the different actors. In the face of a scenario that advocates a possible intensification in the facilitation of Brazilian rice imports, this study assessed the effects of a less restrictive commercial policy in the rice market in Brazil. A partial equilibrium model is adopted as the empirical strategy, which allows microeconomic simulations commonly used by the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) in its commercial policy definition and in its arguments in litigations with the World Trade Organization (WTO). The results show that even under unfavorable conditions, represented by a high elasticity of substitution and high sensitivity of supply and demand to prices, and still under a highly permissive commercial policy, the impact on domestic and Mercosur producers is low. The consumer tends to increase their consumption with the price reduction; however, the magnitude of that reduction slightly affects the inflation indicators.
Subjects: 
rice
commercial opening
partial equilibrium
microeconomic simulation
non-tariff measures
JEL: 
F13
F14
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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