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The Macroeconomics of European Agriculture.

Gylfason, T - Department of Economics, Princeton University - 1995

Should central banks concern themselves with agricultural policies? Does Europe's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP …) matter for Central and Eastern Europe? Should ministries of agriculture be abolished, or perhaps be incorporated into … recent empirical evidence on the cost to consumers and taxpayers of agricultural protection in Europe in terms of welfare and …

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Structural Change and Cross-Country Growth Empirics

Eberhardt, Markus; Teal, Francis - In: The World Bank Economic Review 27 (2013) 2, pp. 229-271

One of the most striking features of economic growth is the process of structural change whereby the share of agriculture in GDP decreases as countries develop. The cross-country growth literature typically estimates an aggregate homogeneous production function or convergence regression model...

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European Union Enlargement: An Historic Milestone in the Process of European Integration.

Baltas, N.C. - Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) - 2001

Ten countries with economies in transition and two market economies are negotiating full membership with the EU. The purpose of this paper is to consider the economic dimension of the forthcoming enlargement of the EU, especially on the characteristics of the economies in transition and on the...

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'Riding on the Sheep's Back': Examining Australia's Dependence on Wool Exports

Cashin, P.; McDermott, C. J. - Department of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics - 1997

This paper extends the staple theory literature by examining the influence of wool, Australia's dominant primary-product export, on the development of the Australian economy and external position over the period 1862-1995. The results support the view that while shocks to the wool industry had...

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European Union Enlargement: An Historic Milestone in the Process of European Integration.

Baltas, N.C. - Department of International and European Economic … - 2001

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American and European Agricultural Market Access: A Concern for The South?

Gouel, Christophe; Ramos, Maria Priscila - In: La Lettre du CEPII (2008) 277

For years, the agricultural policies of the United States and the European Union have been the object of internal debate at the same time as they have been at the heart of agricultural discussions in the Doha round of WTO negotiations. The CAP (Common Agricultural Policy) is being examined in...

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Trajectoires d’innovation des services et inertie institutionnelle : dynamique du conseil dans trois agricultures européennes

Labarthe, Pierre - Département Sciences Sociales, Agriculture et … - 2005

L’objet de cet article est d’analyser les changements au sein des dispositifs de conseil agricole en France, aux Pays-Bas et dans les nouveaux LÃ¤nder allemands, de 1945 Ã nos jours. Le conseil agricole peut Ãªtre représenté comme une activité de service pour la production de...

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Co-Integration and Leadership in the European Off-Season Fresh Fruit Market.

Giot, P.; De Frahan, B.H.; Pirotte, N. - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 1999

This paper tests market co-integration, market leadership and price margins in the context of the recent development of European markets for imported off-season fresh fruit countries in the southern hemisphere. The Engle-Garner and Johansen co-integration tests show that the main European...

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The European Grain Invasion 1870-1913.

O'Rourke, K - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 1997

This paper is primarily concerned with the effects of cheap grain on European wages, profits and rents. it brings a quantitative focus to bear on the question, just as Knick Harley (1978, 1980, 1986) and others have examined the quantitative implications of the grain invasion for the new world....

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