Measuring International Competitiveness in the Beef Sector
牛肉是异质商品,难以进行国际价格比较。本文评估了几种比较牛肉价格的方法,用于衡量比较优势和贸易保护,发现比较经运输成本调整的批发分割肉价格最为合适。
Beef is a heterogeneous commodity, which makes it difficult to compare beef prices in an international level. This paper evaluates several methods of comparing beef prices to be used in measuring both comparative advantage and protection. The most suitable method is one that compares the prices of wholesale cuts, adjusted for transportation costs.