international trade models

[Jeff Reimer]

I am building a systems model concerning international trade in maize,
and am looking for examples of work in this area. Can anyone point me
in the right direction?

Thanks,
--
Jeff Reimer
Email: reimer@uiuc.edu

[Khalid Saeed]

See for international trade in general:

Saeed, K. 1998. Trade Relations in Dual Global Economy. System Dynamics
Review. Special Edition on Sustainable Development. 14(2).

Khalid Saeed
From: Khalid Saeed <saeed@WPI.EDU>

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[Arild Angelsen]

Jeff,
There are at least three big institutions working on models of food
production, demand and supply and trade issues:
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC
World Bank, Washington D.C.
FAO, Rome
Im also sure a few agr.econ. departments in the US must be done some work
in this field, although most likely using other models than systems
analysis.

Regards,
Arild Angelsen
Senior Scientist (PhD Economics)
Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
P.O. Box 6596 JKPWB, Jakarta 10065, Indonesia
E-mail: a.angelsen@cgnet.com
Tel. +62 251 622 622 (ext. 109)
Fax. +62 251 622 100
Web: http://www.cgiar.org/cifor/

[Jim Hines]

Jeff,

It would help us a lot if you could be a bit more specific about your SD
focus on international trade in maize. You might want to give us a key
reference mode: Is your issue, for example, that trade has been
declining (or growing or stagnating)? Is it that prices have been
rising (or falling or oscillating)? Is it that the portion of final
revenues that "go to farmers" has been stagnating at a low level (or a
high level)?

Regards,
Jim Hines
LeapTec and M.I.T.
From: Jim Hines <jimhines@interserv.com>