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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Autor principal: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Autores Corporativos: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (-), Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development Content Provider (content provider), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Content Provider
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Paris : OECD Publishing 2001.
Colección:Agriculture and food Market effects of crop support measures.
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Sumario: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.
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (121 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781280029950
9786610029952
9789264195011