Rent seeking: The potash dispute between canada and the united states

Valerie J. Picketts; Andrew Schmitz; Troy G. Schmitz

doi:10.2307/1242710

Rent seeking: The potash dispute between canada and the united states

Valerie J. Picketts, Andrew Schmitz, Troy G. Schmitz

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Abstract

Despite the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement, border disputes involving agricultural trade are common. A theoretical basis for the 1987 U.S. countervailing duty case against Canadian exports of potash is developed using excess capacity arguments. Empirically, within a rent-seeking context, the U.S. potash producers gained far less from their legal action against Canada than did U.S. farmers who are significant users of Canadian potash.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	255-265
Number of pages	11
Journal	American Journal of Agricultural Economics
Volume	73
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/1242710
State	Published - May 1991
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Agricultural trade
Countervailing duties
Potash
Producer rents
Rent seeking
User rents

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Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Economics and Econometrics

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