The political economy of agricultural price distortions /

"Despite numerous policy reforms since the 1980s, farm product prices remain heavily distorted in both high-income and developing countries. This book seeks to improve our understanding of why societies adopted these policies, and why some but not other countries have undertaken reforms. Drawin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Anderson, Kym
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Agricultural prices.
Agriculture and state.
Agricultural subsidies.
Agriculture > Economic aspects.
Prix agricoles.
Politique agricole.
Aide de l'État à l'agriculture.
Agriculture > Aspect économique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Agribusiness.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Sustainable Agriculture.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction. Understanding government interventions in agricultural markets / Kym Anderson
  • Agricultural distortion patterns since the 1950s: what needs explaining? / Kym Anderson [and others]
  • Conceptual frameworks and historical origins. Political economy of agricultural distortions: the literature to date / Johan F.M. Swinnen
  • Special interests versus the public interest in policy determination / Gordon C. Rausser and Gérard Roland
  • Anglo-French trade, 1689-1899: agricultural trade policies, alcohol taxes and war / John V.C. Nye
  • Agricultural protection growth in Europe, 1870-1969 / Johan F.M. Swinnen
  • Determinants of United States farm policies / David Orden, David Blandford, and Tim Josling
  • Agricultural distortions in the transition economies of Asia and Europe / Scott Rozelle and Johan F.M. Swinnen
  • Political econometrics: the past fifty years. Agricultural price distortions and stabilization / William A. Masters and Andres F. Garcia
  • Which governments tax or subsidize agricultural trade / Kishore Gawande and Bernard Hoekman
  • Impacts of ideology, inequality, lobbying, and public finance / Pushan Dutt and Devashish Mitra
  • Agricultural trade interventions in Africa / Robert H. Bates and Steven Block
  • Trade agreements and trade barrier volatility / Olivier Cadot, Marcelo Olarreaga, and Jeanne Tschopp
  • Constitutional rules and agricultural policy outcomes / Alessandro Olper and Valentina Raimondi
  • Appendix: Coverage and distribution of assistance across countries and products, 1955-2007 / Kym Anderson and Johanna Croser.

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