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Import Demand for Quality in the Japanese Beef Market

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2016

Dragan Miljkovic  and
Hyun Jin
Dragan Miljkovic
Affiliation:
Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics at North Dakota State University in Fargo
Hyun Jin
Affiliation:
Department of Industrial Economics at Chung-Ang University in Kyunggi-Do, South Korea
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Abstract

The case of reduction in ad valorem tariffs as a trade liberalization policy is considered in this article. It is shown that the reduction leads to a higher quality of imports, ceteris paribus. This hypothesis was tested on the case of Japanese beef imports from the United States and Australia. U. S. beef, according to the results of Gallup surveys, is considered by Japanese consumers to be a high quality product, while Australian beef is considered to be a low quality product. Empirical results support the hypothesis. Moreover, the recent domination of U. S. beef in the Japanese market is further explained by increasingly more efficient U. S. beef production relative to Australian production and a strong income effect, where an increase in per capita income leads to more demand for higher quality products.

Keywords

ad valorem tariffbeef importsJapanqualitytrade liberalization
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Contributed Papers
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Agricultural and Resource Economics Review , Volume 35 , Issue 2 , October 2006 , pp. 276 - 284
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Copyright © 2006 Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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