Use of the single factoral terms of trade to analyse agricultural production

Title
Use of the single factoral terms of trade to analyse agricultural production
Publication Date
2007
Author(s)
Fleming, Euan
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Place of publication
Australia
DOI
10.1111/j.1467-8489.2007.00366.x
UNE publication id
une:3413
Abstract
The aim in this note is to reintroduce the single factoral terms of trade into the policy arena. This economic concept has scarcely been used by analysts or policy makers over the past three decades. It is defined and compared favourably with other terms of trade concepts in terms of their usefulness to agricultural policy makers in Australia. A distinction is made between the single factoral terms of trade from the viewpoint of the farm business and from the viewpoint of the farm household, but only slightly different indices are specified in each case because of the very high positive correlation between farm prices paid and consumer prices. Developing industry-level indices appears to be a more attractive way to proceed given the substantially different rates of growth in total factor productivity (TFP) between agricultural industries. Despite its usefulness, challenges lie ahead in accurately estimating each of the two components of the single factoral terms of trade, the net barter terms of trade and TFP, and the relations between these two components.
Link
Citation
The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 51(2), p. 113-120
ISSN
1467-8489
1364-985X
Start page
113
End page
120

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