Market Effects of Crop Support Measures
Governments in many OECD countries intervene in agricultural markets to boost crop producer returns by applying tariffs to the prices of imported cereals and oilseeds and/or subsidising prices paid by foreign buyers. Historically, market price support attributable to such interventions comprised the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Paris :
OECD Publishing
2001.
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| Series: | Agriculture and food Market effects of crop support measures.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009705403906719 |
| Summary: | Governments in many OECD countries intervene in agricultural markets to boost crop producer returns by applying tariffs to the prices of imported cereals and oilseeds and/or subsidising prices paid by foreign buyers. Historically, market price support attributable to such interventions comprised the lion’s share of total financial support afforded crop producers in OECD countries. In recent years, however, the share of crop producer support due to trade policy measures has declined, while that due to payments made directly from government budgets has increased. This publication compares the market impacts of market price support and several kinds of budgetary direct payments using indicators of economic efficiency and trade distortion. The main finding is a numerical ranking of the support measures studied showing a close inverse relationship between trade distortion and transfer efficiency. That is to say, those support measures found to be most efficient in transferring income to farmers are least distorting to trade. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (121 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781280029950 9786610029952 9789264195011 |
