The Role of Trade in Structural Transformation

Low agriculture productivity is considered a key obstacle to economic development for many countries. International trade in agricultural goods can help overcome this barrier and facilitate structural transformation because it allows countries to import part of their food needs. This article quantif...

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Autor: Teignier, Marc
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/120267
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/120267
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Productivitat agrícola
Comerç internacional
Protecció ambiental
Creixement econòmic
Agricultural productivity
International trade
Environmental protection
Economic growth
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spelling The Role of Trade in Structural TransformationTeignier, MarcProductivitat agrícolaComerç internacionalProtecció ambientalCreixement econòmicAgricultural productivityInternational tradeEnvironmental protectionEconomic growthLow agriculture productivity is considered a key obstacle to economic development for many countries. International trade in agricultural goods can help overcome this barrier and facilitate structural transformation because it allows countries to import part of their food needs. This article quantifies the role of trade in this context through the examples of South Korea during the last 50 years and Great Britain in the 19th century. To do the analysis, I calibrate and simulate a two-sector, neoclassical growth model to match the data and perform the policy experiments. I find that agricultural imports played a crucial role in the early transformation of Great Britain, while, in South Korea, trade also had a positive impact on its structural transformation but it could have played a much larger role if the country had not introduced agricultural protection policies.Elsevier2018info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/120267Articles publicats en revistes (Economia)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2017.09.002Journal of Development Economics, 2018, vol. 130, num. January, p. 45-65https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2017.09.002cc-by-nc-nd (c) Elsevier, 2018http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/esinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1202672026-05-27T06:46:51Z
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title The Role of Trade in Structural Transformation
spellingShingle The Role of Trade in Structural Transformation
Teignier, Marc
Productivitat agrícola
Comerç internacional
Protecció ambiental
Creixement econòmic
Agricultural productivity
International trade
Environmental protection
Economic growth
title_short The Role of Trade in Structural Transformation
title_full The Role of Trade in Structural Transformation
title_fullStr The Role of Trade in Structural Transformation
title_full_unstemmed The Role of Trade in Structural Transformation
title_sort The Role of Trade in Structural Transformation
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Teignier, Marc
author Teignier, Marc
author_facet Teignier, Marc
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Productivitat agrícola
Comerç internacional
Protecció ambiental
Creixement econòmic
Agricultural productivity
International trade
Environmental protection
Economic growth
topic Productivitat agrícola
Comerç internacional
Protecció ambiental
Creixement econòmic
Agricultural productivity
International trade
Environmental protection
Economic growth
description Low agriculture productivity is considered a key obstacle to economic development for many countries. International trade in agricultural goods can help overcome this barrier and facilitate structural transformation because it allows countries to import part of their food needs. This article quantifies the role of trade in this context through the examples of South Korea during the last 50 years and Great Britain in the 19th century. To do the analysis, I calibrate and simulate a two-sector, neoclassical growth model to match the data and perform the policy experiments. I find that agricultural imports played a crucial role in the early transformation of Great Britain, while, in South Korea, trade also had a positive impact on its structural transformation but it could have played a much larger role if the country had not introduced agricultural protection policies.
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