Disarray in World Food Markets: A Quantitative Assessment (Trade and Development) - Hardcover

Tyers, Rod; Anderson, Kym

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521351057 ISBN 13: 9780521351058

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1992

Synopsis

This book was first published in 1992. In the late twentieth century, the crisis in world agriculture had become increasingly evident as the protectionist agricultural policies of various countries distort the international market. Why had agricultural policies become more inward-looking as the world becomes increasingly interdependent economically? Disarray in World Food Markets addresses the nature and causes of this crisis in international trade policy. Its analysis of the effects of these food policies is complemented by a quantitative review of the long-term trends in world food markets. The study also extensively examines the reasons why governments choose to implement distortionary policies. This ambitious book, based on a dynamic, multi-commodity model of world food markets, will be an important reference work for all with an interest in trade policy, particularly in countries active in the trade negotiations.

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Review

"Tyers and Anderson are in the forefront of studies on the international economics of agriculture, and this work is a powerful amalgam of their individual and joint contributions over the past ten years." Asian-Pacific Economic Literature

Book Description

This 1992 book addresses the nature and causes of the crisis in international trade policy with regard to protectionist agricultural policies. Rob Tyers and Kym Anderson examine the effects of these food polices as well as the reasons why governments choose to implement distortionary policies.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521351057
• ISBN 13: 9780521351058
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 472