This study aims to understand the gap between agricultural producer prices in the EU and the prices paid by the consumer between 2003 and 2005, with a view to explaining the decisive factors in this area for key agricultural sectors and, on the basis of this analysis, to formulate economic and...

The paper compares Feinstein’s and Clark’s consumer price and real wage indices for theBritish industrial revolution. The sources for their weights and component price series areevaluated. While some of Clark’s innovations are improvements, many of his changesdegrade the price index. A new...

The literature assessing the efficacy of the Food Stamp Program, now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), has long puzzled over positive associations between food stamp receipt and various undesirable health outcomes such as food insecurity. Assessing the impact of food...