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Supplementing farm price policy by direct income payments: Cost-benefit-analysis of alternative farm policies with a special application to German agriculture

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  • U. KOESTER
  • S. TANGERMANN

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Summary Increasing problems of EEC farm price policy in balancing allocative and distributive objectives have evoked much criticism and several suggestions for alternative policies. In this paper a proposal gradually to complement price policy by direct income payments to farmers is made. Methodological problems of estimating the economic effects of such a policy shift are discussed. Results of an empirical study for German agriculture are presented. Political problems of implementing this policy are considered. The paper is based on a study prepared for the German Ministry for Agriculture. From the methodological point of view the emphasis is on specific problems of applying cost-benefit-methods to farm price policy. The need for multidimensional objective functions, definition of a reference system, dynamic analysis and consideration of market distortions are stressed. The empirical study shows positive potential benefits of a reduction in price support for a fairly wide range of circumstances.

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  • U. Koester & S. Tangermann, 1977. "Supplementing farm price policy by direct income payments: Cost-benefit-analysis of alternative farm policies with a special application to German agriculture," European Review of Agricultural Economics, Oxford University Press and the European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation, vol. 4(1), pages 7-31.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:erevae:v:4:y:1977:i:1:p:7-31.
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