Screen LibraryThe intended and unintended effects of U.S. agricultural and biotechnology policies
Saved in:
| Group Author: | ; |
|---|---|
| Published: |
The University of Chicago Press,
|
| Publisher Address: | Chicago |
| Publication Dates: | 2012. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
National Bureau of Economic Research conference report |
| Subjects: | |
| Carrier Form: | 298 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780226988030 (cloth : alk. paper) 0226988031 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | F371 |
| CLC: | F371.2 |
| Call Number: | F371.2/I611 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. An overview of the intended and unintended effects of U.S. agricultural and biotechnology policies / Joshua S. Graff Zivin and Jeffrey M. Perloff -- Agricultural policy -- The buck stops where? The distribution of agricultural subsidies / Barry K. Goodwin, Ashok K. Mishra, and Francʹois Ortalo-Magne -- Modeling processor market power and the incidence of agricultural policy: a non-parametric approach / Rachael E. Goodhue and Carlo Russo -- The politics and economics of the U.S. Crop Insurance Program / Bruce A. Babcock -- Supply and effects of specialty crop insurance / Ethan Ligon -- Risk response in agriculture / Jeffrey LaFrance, Rulon Pope, and Jesse Tack -- Biofuels and biotechnology -- Commodity price volatility in the biofuel era: an examination of the linkage between energy and agricultural markets / Thomas W. Hertel and Jayson Beckman -- Meeting the mandate for biofuels: implications for land use, food and fuel prices / Xiaoguang Chen, Haixiao Huang, Madhu Khanna, and Hayri O nal -- Land for food and fuel production: the role of agricultural biotechnology / Steven Sexton and David Zilberman. |