Prokopyev M.G. Modeling of the Impact of Customs and Tariff Policies to the Markets of
Selected Agricultural Products. // Economics of contemporary
Russia 2015 №1 (68 С.83-91
Considers the problem of quantitative estimation of impact of
tariff policy on the markets of certain types of agricultural products. Offered
appropriate model of imperfect substitution, on which can be determined by the
percentage change in: 1) the price of domestic products; 2) the supply of
domestic products in the domestic market; 3) demand for imports, including
partner countries (groups of countries) based on small changes in import
tariffs. Despite the rather stringent assumptions and limitations, the present
model can be a useful tool for analyzing the impact of scenario calculations
customs tariff policy to the markets of food and agricultural raw.
Keywords: tariff and customs policy, the markets for agricultural raw
materials and food, imperfect substitution, the elasticity of substitution, CES
function, the Armington approach, the COMPAS model.