The book describes the context within which the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union has been established, the basic mechanisms of the policy for the main sectors of agricultural production and their adaptation over time in line with changes in the broader world economy; the changes...

This chapter first discusses what economists mean by “the incidence of agricultural policy” and why we care about it. Then it reviews models of the determinants of the differential incidence of different policies among interest groups such as suppliers of factors of production, consumers,...

Chapter 1. The contexts of agricultural policies in the United States of America: Perspectives for the future -- Chapter 2. Frameworks of agricultural policies in Brazil: Interrelationships with the dynamics of sustainable development -- Chapter 3. The main agricultural policy instruments in...