Frontier Issues in Agricultural Economics

Author: A.J. Reynolds D. Coleman Colman
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Publish Date: 2000-01-01
Features: Agricultural economics is one of the oldest branches of economic analysis and is a rather controversial field—both in industrialized, developing, and Eastern centrally planned economies. In this book, we have selected topical papers on current policies, including the political economy of agricultural policy, agricultural policy reforms in the United States and the European Community, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and agricultural trade, agricultural reforms in Eastern Europe and China, and environmental economics and environmental policy. It also includes some supplementary topics—macroeconomics and agriculture, agricultural research and biotechnology, and rural economies in resource-poor regions. These issues are both interesting and exciting for students of agricultural economics as well as for students of other disciplines.