Market effects of crop support measures.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Series:

Agriculture and food

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture--Economic aspects--OECD countries--Statistics.

Agriculture.

Agricultural subsidies--OECD countries--Statistics.

Agricultural subsidies.

Agriculture--Economic aspects.

OECD countries.

Genre:

Statistics.

Physical Description:

119 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.

Place of Publication:

Paris : OECD, [2001]

Summary:

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has underway a Policy Evaluation Matrix (PEM) project, in the context of which this analysis was prepared. The subject here is the degree of trade distortion caused by various kinds and combinations of government support to farmers. ^^^^ Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Contents:

Market Effects of Crop Support Measures 10

II. Qualitative analysis of differences in policy effects among support measures 10

III. Quantitative differences amongst support measures 17

IV. Conclusions and policy implications 30

Annex 1. Model documentation and additional results 38

I. Crop model structure, parameters and elasticities 38

II. Country results from simulation experiments comparing policy effects among support measures 48

Annex 2. Elasticities of substitution and factor supply in Canadian, Mexican and United States agriculture / David Abler 57

II. Estimates of elasticities of substitution 57

III. Estimates of factor supply elasticities 60

IV. Suitability of available estimates for the PEM project 62

V. Plausible ranges of parameter values 64

VI. Procedures for dealing with parameter uncertainty 65

Annex 3. Elasticities of substitution and factor supply elasticities in European agriculture: a review of past studies / Klaus Salhofer 89

II. Elasticities of substitution 90

III. Factor supply elasticities 97

IV. Statistical procedures for sensitivity testing 101

V. Suitability of the available estimates for modelling the effects of agricultural policy changes 105.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 112-119).

ISBN:

9264195270

OCLC:

48240530