Rice Production Structure and Policy Effects in Japan Quantitative Investigations /

• Main Author: Kuroda, Yoshimi (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Subjects: Industries.; Political economy.; Macroeconomics.; Economic policy.; Development economics.; Asia > Economic conditions.; Economics.; Asian Economics.; Economic Policy.; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.; Development Economics.; Political Economy.

Kuroda uses quantitative measures to investigate the rice production structure and effects of agricultural policies in Japan over the second half of the 20th century. Almost all policies have played negative roles in transferring paddy lands from small- to large-scale farms, which has slowed down to...