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1 online resource (xxiv, 439 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Summary |
"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. Drawing on recent developments in political economy theories and in the generation of empirical measures of the extent of price distortions, the present volume provides both analytical narratives of the historical origins of agricultural protectionism in various parts of the world and a set of political econometric analyses aimed at explaining the patterns of distortions that have emerged over the past five decades. These new studies shed much light on the forces affecting incentives and those facing farmers in the course of national and global economic and political development. They also show how those distortions might change in the future - or be changed by concerted actions to offset pressures from vested interests"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Agricultural prices.
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Agricultural prices. |
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Agriculture and state.
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Agriculture and state. |
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Agricultural subsidies.
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Agricultural subsidies. |
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Agriculture -- Economic aspects.
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Agriculture -- Economic aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Anderson, Kym.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Political economy of agricultural price distortions. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521763233 (DLC) 2010022616 (OCoLC)607983409 |
| ISBN |
9781139042161 (electronic book) |
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1139042165 (electronic book) |
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9780521763233 (hardback) |
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0521763231 (hardback) |
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