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1、Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy (2018) volume 40, number 1, pp. 155–173.doi:10.1093/aepp/ppx063Submitted ArticleA Research Agenda for InternationalAgricultural TradeWill MartinWill Martin is a Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy ResearchInstitute. Thank
2、s are due to Marc Bellemare, Christophe Gouel, and DonaldMaclaren for excellent comments on an earlier draft. All remaining errors are myresponsibility. This work was undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Programon Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) led by the Internation
3、al Food PolicyResearch Institute (IFPRI).Correspondence to be sent to: W.Martin@cgiar.org.Submitted 15 April 2017; editorial decision 29 December 2017.AbstractInternational trade is likely to be a hugely important and interestingarea for research by agricultural and applied economi
4、sts in the next decade. Whilethe questions for research are likely to change—with less emphasis on large-scaleinternational negotiations and more on national reforms and regional agreements—there will be important challenges in understanding the driving forces for world ag-ricultur
5、al markets, in trade policy, and in ensuring food security. New analyticaltechniques built on the gravity model and geospatial production data create manyopportunities for innovative applications and expand the range of questions towhich researchers in this field can effectively res
6、pond.Key words:international trade, food trade, food policy, gravity model.V The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Agricultural and AppliedJEL codes:F13, F63, Q17, Q18.The case for international trade is essentially the same as that for trade in
7、non-agricultural products, with participation in markets allowing producersto specialize and to take advantage of differences in resource endowmentsand skills, and consumers to benefit from a wider range of products. As wewill see, the relevant differences in agricultural factor en
8、dowments betweencountries