This book is based on presentations at a conference on "Global Markets for Processed Foods: Theoretical and Practical Issues" held in 1996. It sheds light on the different characteristics of the international commerce in processed foods, both theoretically and empirically.

"Preface -- 1 ""Introduction / Daniel H. Pick and Jean D. Kinsey -- PART ONE -- GLOBAL MARKETS IN CONCEPT AND PRACTICE -- 2 International Commerce in Processed Foods: Patterns and Curiosities / Dennis R. Henderson, Ian M. Sheldon, and Daniel H. Pick -- 3 Trade and Industrial Policies Affecting Processed Foods / Wayne Jones and David Blandford -- 4 Is Strategic Trade Policy Practical? -- Larry s. Karp -- 5 Intra-industry Trade and Foreign Direct Investment in Processed Food as Alternatives to Trade Theory / Colin A. Carter and Alper Yilmaz -- 6 Multinational Enterprises and Trade Theory /James R. Markusen -- 7 Foreign Direct Investment and Internalization in Processed Foods / Alan M. Rugman - 8 International Firms in the Manufacture and Distribution of Processed Foods / Philip C. Abbott and Juan B. Solana-Rosillo -- 9 Vertical Markets in International Trade / Ronald W. Jones -- 10 International Vertical Markets in Processed Foods / Frances Antonovitz, Brian Buhr, and Donald J. Liu -- 11 Theory and Practice in Perspective / Ian M. Sheldon and Dennis R. Henderson -- PART TWO -- RELATED STUDIES -- 12 Wine Quality and Price: A Hedonic Approach / Gunter Schamel, Silke Gabbert, and Harald von Witzke --
13 Export Subsidy Switching Under the Uruguay Round Commitments: The Case of Wheat and Wheat Flour / Stephen Haley and Philip L. Paarlberg -- 14 Sources of Growth and Competitiveness of U.S. Food Processing / Munisamy Gopinath, Terry Roe, and Mathew Shane -- 15 Looking in All the Right Places: Where Are the Economies of Scale? / Nicholas G. Killaitzandonakes, Hong Hu, and Maury E. Bredahl -- 16 Farm Output and Employment Links From Processed Food Exports: A Comparison of Brazil, Mexico, and the United States / Mary E. Burfisher, Sherman Robinson, and Karen Thierfelder -- 17 Foreign Production by U.S. Food Processing Firms: A Transaction Cost Approach / James M. Hagen -- About the Editors and Contributors.
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