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标题：TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY AND PROCESSED FOOD TRADE: A CROSS-COUNTRY ANALYSIS
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作者：Gopinath, Munisamy ; Carver, Jason
期刊名称：Journal of Food Distribution Research
印刷版ISSN：0047-245X
出版年度：2002
页码：539-553
出版社：Food Distribution Research Society
摘要：Processed food products account for a growing share of global agricultural trade. Growth in total factor productivity and intersectoral linkages between agricultural and processed foodsectors are hypothesized as factors explaining this phenomenon. Estimating the neoclassical trade model using an internationally comparable database, we find evidence of (a) Hechsher-Ohlin (factor endowments) and Ricardian-type (technology) effects in agricultural and processed food trade, and (b) transfer of comparative advantage from the primary agricultural sector to the processed food sector. Thus, public policies protecting primary agriculture can adversely affect processed food sectors, while those supporting R&D efforts can bring about dynamic and comparative advantage.