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Konwergencja czy dywergencja mechanizmów wsparcia sektora rolnego?

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  • Czyżewski, Andrzej
  • Kułyk, Piotr

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In the last few decades there has been much debate on the convergence theory of the general and the particular aspects of this process. It has, however, resulted in a lot of controversy, debate and confusion as to how one should measure and interpret the convergence. We show that misspecification sources need to be carefully taken into account. We have tested the hypothesis about convergence of the agricultural support policy both in the regional and global approach. We have analyzed two approaches to the convergence process, the so called β-convergence and σ-convergence in the agricultural support policy. We measure the effects of a policy with the size of retransfer of economic surplus according to the OECD methodology. Research included years 1986-2006 and concerned a group of states, belonging to the OECD, with diverse levels of economic development. The research showed a limited character of the investigated phenomenon. In spite of the premises being an evidence of the effect of processes of liberalization and globalization of the world economy and the agreements in the area of agriculture reached within the framework of the WTO we did not confirm the hypothesis about an absolute convergence of the size of retransfers. We can observe only a regional conditional convergence which means the existence of several separable points of convergence. This shows that in the process of globalization of the farming sector still the key role play national policies of the states dominating in the world market. / Synopsis. Prowadzona od kilku dekad dyskusja wokół przekształceń w polityce wsparcia sektora rolnego, zarówno w ujęciu regionalnym jak i globalnym, koncentruje się także na problemie konwergencji wielkości wsparcia. W artykule analizujemy różne podejścia do procesów konwergencji, w tym także ujęcie β-konwergencji i σ-konwergencji, oraz polityki wsparcia, wyznaczonej wielkością retransferów zgodnie z metodologią OECD, w odniesieniu do jednego aktywnego zawodowo w rolnictwie. Badania obejmowały lata 1986-2006 i dotyczyły grupy państw o zróżnicowanym poziomie rozwoju gospodarczego. Mimo występujących przesłanek będących efektem procesów liberalizacji i globalizacji gospodarki światowej, w tym porozumień w obszarze rolnictwa osiągniętych w ramach WTO, nie uzyskano potwierdzenia hipotezy o absolutnej konwergencji wielkości retransferów. Można natomiast mówić o ograniczonym charakterze występowania analizowanego zjawiska. Wskazuje to na fakt, iż w procesie globalizacji sektora rolnego nadal kluczowe znaczenie odgrywają polityki krajowe państw dominujących na rynku światowym.

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  • Czyżewski, Andrzej & Kułyk, Piotr, 2009. "Konwergencja czy dywergencja mechanizmów wsparcia sektora rolnego?," Problems of World Agriculture / Problemy Rolnictwa Światowego, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, vol. 8(23), pages 1-11, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:polpwa:196481
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.196481
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