The Economic Impact of Public Support to Agriculture An International Perspective /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ball, V. Eldon (Editor), Fanfani, Roberto (Editor), Gutierrez, Luciano (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: Studies in Productivity and Efficiency ; 7
• Subjects: Economic policy.; Agricultural economics.; Economics.; Agricultural Economics.; Economic Policy.

The recent reforms of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union extend in a significant way the “decoupling” process started some ten years earlier. By adopting the Single Farm Payment (SFP) scheme only limited support for agriculture is tied to current production decisions. This is...

Table of Contents:

• and Overview
• and Overview
• New Directions in Agricultural Policy: US and European Perspectives
• Recent Developments and Applications from the OECD Toolbox
• US and EU Agricultural Policy: Divergence or Convergence?
• The “Health Check” of the CAP Reform: Lessons from Its Impact Assessment
• The Incidence of US Farm Programs
• Agricultural Policy and Economic Performance
• Impact of Subsidies on Farm Productivity and Efficiency
• Productivity and Profitability of US Agriculture: Evidence from a Panel of States
• Energy and Agricultural Policy
• Biofuels Expansion in a Changing Economic Environment: A Global Modeling Perspective
• Ethanol and Corn Prices: The Role of US Tax Credits, Mandates, and Imports
• Modeling the Effects of U.S. Biofuel Policies on Commodity and Energy Markets
• Biofuels Versus Food Competition for Agricultural Resources: Impacts on the EU Farming Systems
• International Trade and Domestic Agricultural Policy
• WTO Compliance and Domestic Farm Policy Change
• Agricultural Competitiveness
• The Behavior of Relative Food Prices: An Analysis across the European Countries
• Commodity Programs and Risk Management
• The Political Economy of the US Crop Insurance Program
• Aggregation and Arbitrage in Joint Production
• Standard and Bayesian Random Coefficient Model Estimation of US Corn–Soybean Farmer Risk Attitudes.