Trade liberalization in the presence of domestic regulations: public policies applied to EU and U.S. wine markets

C-Tier
Journal: Applied Economics
Year: 2018
Volume: 50
Issue: 18
Pages: 2028-2047

Authors (4)

Bradley J. Rickard (not in RePEc) Olivier Gergaud (Kedge Business School) Shuay-Tsyr Ho (not in RePEc) Florine Livat (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

0.251 = (α=2.01 / 4 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Wine is the highest valued product in the agricultural, food, and beverage sector traded between the United States and the European Union (EU) and wine faces a range of tariffs that are differentiated by country and product category. In addition, the production of wine grapes is heavily regulated within the EU and there are complicated state-level policies in the United States designed to limit the retail availability of wine. There continues to be economic and political pressure for reform to the tariffs between the United States and the EU, and to the domestic regulations in each region. We carefully develop parameters to characterize the effects of tariffs and domestic regulations that affect production and consumption of wine in the two regions. Simulation results show that reductions in tariffs would have relatively small effects in EU and U.S. wine markets, whereas reductions in EU domestic policies that affect wine grape production would have much larger trade and welfare implications.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:taf:applec:v:50:y:2018:i:18:p:2028-2047
Journal Field
General
Author Count
4
Added to Database
2026-01-25