Countries with oil and other natural resources have grown less rapidly than those countries without. This phenomenon is known as the "natural resource curse". We develop an infinite-horizon, two-country model of trade in which countries are identical, except that one country is endowed with...

Trade barriers, erected by advanced countries to the agricultural exports from poor countries, are a greater barrier to economic growth and development than is commonly recognised. It is shown that agricultural policies in advanced countries are a major barrier to agricultural exports from poor...

[fre] On montre comment et théorie moderne publiques permettent la nature et l'évolution des politiques agricoles. On cherche une logique « fondamentale » dans la direction prise par la réforme de la PAC et dans le type de compromis qui a fini par prévaloir au GATT. [eng] Agriculture in...