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This study provides an economic analysis of the policies that affect agriculture and agribusiness in both Canada and the US. The authors emphasize the role of farmers and agribusiness in the formation of policy, exploring the farm problem from both economic and historical perspectives. The various institutions that influence the development and implementation of policy are also discussed and compared. Because of the importance of international trade to North American agriculture, one chapter is devoted to a discussion of trade models. The book then goes on to analyze specific problems, such as price and income stabilization, science policy, environmental policy, and food quality and safety. The role of vertical markets in agriculture is emphasized throughout. The authors combine the traditional welfare economics framework with the new institutional economics and rent-seeking behaviour to explain the development of agricultural policy.

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Author:   Katherine R. Baylis ,  Andrew Schmitz ,  Hartley Furtan
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 4.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.940kg
ISBN:  

9780802048462

ISBN 10:   0802048463
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   13 July 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
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Katherine Baylis is a PhD candidate in the Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics at the University of California at Berkeley. Hartley W. Furtan is a professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Saskatchewan. Andrew Schmitz is a professor in the Food and Resource Economics Department at the University of Florida.

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