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The impacts of trade freedom on food insecurity from countries with different profiles: an empirical analysis

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  • Carolina Rodrigues Corrêa Ferreira

    (Professor from the Department of Economics at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora – UFJF, Juiz de Fora/MG, Brazil.)

  • Michelle Ruas Gomide

    (Undergraduate student of nutrition at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora – UFJF, Juiz de Fora/ MG, Brazil, with a scientific-initiation’s scholarship for this research.)

  • Vinícius de Azevedo Couto Firme

    (Professor from the Department of Economics at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora – UFJF, Juiz de Fora/MG, Brazil.)

Abstract

This research considered data from 124 countries (cross-section) to assess the effectsof trade freedom (TF) on food insecurity (FI). The TF proxies, defined by ExtremeBounds Analysis, were tested in linear/non-linear formats, for different income-levels and usingquantile-regressions. We found that a higher TF could be useful in lower-income countriesand/or those with critical FI cases, but it would be ineffective where TF is very low/high.Moreover, FI would be worse in poor/recessive, inflationary and landlocked economies, rural areas, with overvalued exchange rates, high population growth, low agricultural productivity,with armed conflicts and/or natural disasters and a hot-dry climate. JEL Classification: I18; Q18; F13; C21.

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  • Carolina Rodrigues Corrêa Ferreira & Michelle Ruas Gomide & Vinícius de Azevedo Couto Firme, 2025. "The impacts of trade freedom on food insecurity from countries with different profiles: an empirical analysis," Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Center of Political Economy, vol. 45(4), pages 701-720, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:ekm:repojs:v:45:y:2025:i:4:id:94837
    DOI: 10.1590/0101-31572025-3664

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    JEL classification:

    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy
    • F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
    • C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models

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