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The intended and unintended effects of U.S. agricultural and biotechnology policies / edited by Joshua S. Graff Zivin and Jeffrey M. Perloff.
De Gruyter University of Chicago Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 Available online
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- Book
- Series:
- National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
- A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture and state--United States.
- Agriculture and state.
- Agricultural subsidies--Government policy--United States.
- Agricultural subsidies.
- Agriculture and energy--Government policy--United States.
- Agriculture and energy.
- Agricultural biotechnology--Government policy--United States.
- Agricultural biotechnology.
- Crop insurance--United States.
- Crop insurance.
- Biomass energy--Government policy--United States.
- Biomass energy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (310 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Using economic models and empirical analysis, this volume examines a wide range of agricultural and biofuel policy issues and their effects on American agricultural and related agrarian insurance markets. Beginning with a look at the distribution of funds by insurance programs-created to support farmers but often benefiting crop processors instead-the book then examines the demand for biofuel and the effects of biofuel policies on agricultural price uncertainty. Also discussed are genetically engineered crops, which are assuming an increasingly important role in arbitrating tensions between energy production, environmental protection, and the global food supply. Other contributions discuss the major effects of genetic engineering on worldwide food markets. By addressing some of the most challenging topics at the intersection of agriculture and biotechnology, this volume informs crucial debates.
- Contents:
- An overview of the intended and unintended effects of U.S. agricultural and biotechnology policies / Joshua S. Graff Zivin and Jeffrey M. Perloff
- Agricultural policy
- The buck stops where? The distribution of agricultural subsidies / Barry K. Goodwin, Ashok K. Mishra, and Francois Ortalo-Magne
- Modeling processor market power and the incidence of agricultural policy: a non-parametric approach / Rachael E. Goodhue and Carlo Russo
- The politics and economics of the U.S. Crop Insurance Program / Bruce A. Babcock
- Supply and effects of specialty crop insurance / Ethan Ligon
- Risk response in agriculture / Jeffrey LaFrance, Rulon Pope, and Jesse Tack
- Biofuels and biotechnology
- Commodity price volatility in the biofuel era: an examination of the linkage between energy and agricultural markets / Thomas W. Hertel and Jayson Beckman
- Meeting the mandate for biofuels: implications for land use, food and fuel prices / Xiaoguang Chen, Haixiao Huang, Madhu Khanna, and Hayri Onal
- Land for food and fuel production: the role of agricultural biotechnology / Steven Sexton and David Zilberman.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9781299104761
- 1299104762
- 9780226988061
- 0226988066
- OCLC:
- 823505312
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