A ROTTERDAM APPLICATION TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN FRESH APPLES: A DIFFERENTIAL APPROACH

By: Seale, James L., Jr.; Sparks, Amy L.; Buxton, Boyd M.
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Seale, James L., Jr.; Sparks, Amy L.; Buxton, Boyd M., A ROTTERDAM APPLICATION TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN FRESH APPLES: A DIFFERENTIAL APPROACH, Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Volume 17, Issue 1, July 1992, Pages 138-149

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A Rotterdam import allocation model is used to fit import data for fresh apples in four importing markets important to U.S. apple exporters. Nested tests rejected homotheticity but could not reject homogeneity, symmetry, or separability among import suppliers. A Monte Carlo test rejected first-order autocorrelation in each market. Expenditure and price elasticities are calculated and reported.
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