Consumer Welfare Effects of Trade Reform in Taiwan's Meat Industry

台灣肉類企業貿易改革對消費者褔利的影響

黃國雄(Kuo S. Huang) ； 吳淑惠(Sophia Wu Huang)

《經濟論文》 28卷3期 (2000/09) Pp. 321-337

摘要

希克斯的補償性變量被運用來測定台灣肉類企業將來貿易改革對消費者褔利的影響。各種貿易改革的狀況被考慮來顯示減少肉類進口關稅率對於增加肉類需求量與節省肉類費用的影響。

關鍵字

補償性變量 ； 肉類需求體系 ； 貿易改革

並列摘要

A measure for Hicksian compensating variation is applied to evaluate the consumer welfare effects of future trade reform in Taiwan’s meat industry. Various scenarios of trade reform are considered to show the effects of reducing meat tariff rates on the quantities of meat demanded and on the savings of meat expenditures.

並列關鍵字

Compensating variation ； Meat demand system ； Trade reform

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