Title : ( IMPACT OF IMPORT DEMAND ON SOCIAL WELFARE OF MAIN WHEAT IMPORTING COUNTRIES )
Authors: Ali Reza Karbasi , F. Nikbakhshnoosar , S.M. Fahimifard ,Access to full-text not allowed by authors
Abstract
The main aim of this study is examination of import demand function and investigation of its effects on welfare by analyzing Simultaneous equation system during 1979 to 2008. In this study the results social welfare obtained using consumer surplus for the top four wheat importing countries (Algeria, Brazil, China and Egypt). The variable price of wheat export has a negative and significant effect on consumer surplus and social welfare that per one percent increase in wheat price elasticity, has reduced consumer surplus -1.11%, -0.5211%, -12.087% and -0.0002% for the four countries mentioned, that has been slacked the level of social welfare
Keywords
, Wheat importing countries, Consumer surplus, Compensation change, Social welfare, Simultaneous equations@article{paperid:1024645,
author = {Karbasi, Ali Reza and F. Nikbakhshnoosar and S.M. Fahimifard},
title = {IMPACT OF IMPORT DEMAND ON SOCIAL WELFARE OF MAIN WHEAT IMPORTING COUNTRIES},
journal = {Indian Journal of Agricultural Research},
year = {2011},
volume = {45},
number = {2},
month = {April},
issn = {0367-8245},
pages = {104--112},
numpages = {8},
keywords = {Wheat importing countries; Consumer surplus; Compensation change; Social welfare;
Simultaneous equations},
}
%0 Journal Article
%T IMPACT OF IMPORT DEMAND ON SOCIAL WELFARE OF MAIN WHEAT IMPORTING COUNTRIES
%A Karbasi, Ali Reza
%A F. Nikbakhshnoosar
%A S.M. Fahimifard
%J Indian Journal of Agricultural Research
%@ 0367-8245
%D 2011