Folmer / Keyzer / Merbis The Common Agricultural Policy beyond the MacSharry Reform

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4832-9053-9
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band Volume 230, 360 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Contributions to Economic Analysis

The reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) which is now being implemented, reduces the support for a selected number of agricultural products. This book uses welfare theory and applied general equilibrium analysis to assess the medium to long term consequences of this reform, if the new policies remain in place until the beginning of the next century. It analyses the implications of two alternative scenarios: a) a further trade liberalisation covering all commodities; and b) increased protectionism with high prices, constraints on production and export subsidies (financed by the farmers themselves). The study also investigates the implications of financial renationalisation, whereby the European Union member-states would cover the costs of their own support measures.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Folmer, C.

Keyzer, M. A.

Merbis, M. D.

Stolwijk, H. J. J.

Veenendaal, P. J. J.

Tinbergen, J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;The Common Agricultural Policy Beyond the Macsharry Reform;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;8
5;INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES;6
6;Chapter 1. Introduction;14
6.1;1.1 Scope of the study;14
6.2;1.2 Structure of the book;16
6.3;1.3 Limitations of the study;18
6.4;1.4 Project organisation and acknowledgements;19
7;Chapter 2. The CAP: its history, operation and proposals for its reform;22
7.1;2.1 The CAP: origins, objectives and principles;22
7.2;2.2 Instruments of the CAP: market organization schemes and structural measures;27
7.3;2.3 The dynamics of the agricultural sector of the EU during the 1973-90 period;38
7.4;2.4 The CAP under siege;56
7.5;2.5 Four perspectives on reform and future of the CAP;66
7.6;2.6 Implications for the design of a policy model on EU agriculture;72
8;Chapter 3. Welfare analysis of CAP reform: a stylized model;74
8.1;3.1 A stylized version of ECAM;74
8.2;3.2 Free trade;81
8.3;3.3 Interventionism;84
8.4;3.4 The bureaucratic perspective;102
8.5;3.5 Consequences for the perspectives on reform;104
9;Chapter 4. ECAM: an agricultural model of the EU-9;108
9.1;4.1 Applied general equilibrium modelling;109
9.2;4.2 From stylized model to application;115
9.3;4.3 The agricultural supply program;127
9.4;4.4 The dynamic structure;148
9.5;4.5 Experience gained from ECAM;149
9.6;Annex 4A: Model validation;154
9.7;Annex 4B: Data and parameters of ECAM: an overview;166
10;Chapter 5. CAP reform in the bureaucratic perspective: the MacSharry reform and the GATT agreement;192
10.1;5.1 The MacSharry reform package: EU agriculture until 2005;194
10.2;5.2 What would have happened in the absence of the reform?;216
10.3;5.3 CAP reform and the revised Blair House Agreement: compatible or not?;226
10.4;5.4 The future of EU agriculture under the bureaucratic perspective: an assessment;242
11;Chapter 6. Alternatives: free trade or intervention?;244
11.1;6.1 More free trade: the decoupled MacSharry scenario;246
11.2;6.2 More interventionism: the cartel scenario;264
11.3;6.3 The CAP until 2005;277
11.4;6.4 Implementation: financial renationalization of the CAP;280
11.5;6.5 The CAP in the long term;291
12;Chapter 7. EU agriculture in the long term: a future as an exporter?;292
12.1;7.1 Background for a long term scenario;292
12.2;7.2 Long term prospects for world food supply and demand;295
12.3;7.3 The agronomic and technological ceilings for EU agriculture;304
12.4;7.4 Restructuring of the farm sector;308
12.5;7.5 A competitive EU entering the world market;315
12.6;7.6 More land used outside agriculture;331
12.7;7.7 Long run perspectives for agriculture in the EU-9: some tentative conclusions;335
13;Chapter 8. Summary and conclusions;338
14;References;344
15;Index;354