Shawn Arita

Agricultural Economist
202-694-5102
ssarita@ers.usda.gov
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Briefly

Shawn is a research economist with the International Demand and Trade Branch, Market and Trade Economics Division. Shawn’s research interest include trade policy, agri-food trade patterns, applied econometrics, and foreign direct investment. He is engaged in a variety of projects related to the empirical analysis and economic modelling of trade barriers, non-tariff measures such as sanitary and phytosanitary measures, WTO and multilateral issues, and regional trade agreements.

Selected Publications

Arita, S., J. Beckman, L. Mitchell. 2017. “Reducing Transatlantic barriers on U.S.-EU agri-food trade: What are the possible gains?” Food Policy.

Barnes, M., S. Arita, K. Kalberg, and P. Leung. 2017. “When does it pay to cooperate? Strategic information exchange in the harvest of common-pool fishery resources,” Ecological Economics 131(C):1-11.

Beckman, J., and S. Arita. 2016. “Modeling the Interplay between Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and Tariff-rate Quotas under Partial Trade Liberalization,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics.

Tanaka, K., and S. Arita. 2015. “Does policy reform promote FDI in developing economies? a firm-level simulation approach,” Journal of Economic Policy Reform.

Heerman, K., S. Arita, and G. Munisamy. 2015. "Asia-Pacific Integration with China versus the United States: Examining Trade Patterns under Heterogeneous Agricultural Sectors," American Journal of Agricultural Economics 97(5):1324-1344.

ERS Publications by this Author

Agriculture in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Tariffs, Tariff-Rate Quotas, and Non-Tariff Measures Estimating the Effects of Selected Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and Technical Barriers to Trade on U.S.-EU Agricultural Trade Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and Tariff-Rate Quotas for U.S. Meat Exports to the European Union Vietnam's Agri-Food Sector and the Trans-Pacific Partnership Japan's Agri-Food Sector and the Trans-Pacific Partnership See all

Amber Waves Articles by this Author

Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and Technical Barriers to Trade: How Much Do They Impact U.S.-EU Agricultural Trade? Japan, Vietnam, and the Asian Model of Agricultural Development and Trade

Journal Publications by this Author

Heterogeneous Multinational Firms and Productivity Gains from Falling FDI Barriers Does policy reform promote FDI in developing economies? a firm-level simulation approach Asia-Pacific Integration with China versus the United States: Examining Trade Patterns under Heterogeneous Agricultural Sectors When does it pay to cooperate? Strategic information exchange in the harvest of common-pool fishery resources Modeling the Interplay between Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and Tariff-rate Quotas under Partial Trade Liberalization See all