AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

Edited by the late George H. Peters, formerly Research Professor in Agricultural Economics, International Development Centre, Oxford University, UK

• PART IDOMINANT ISSUES IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS1. R. Gasson, G. Crow, A. Errington, J. Hutson, T. Marsden AND D. M. Winter(1988), ‘The Farm as a Family Business: A Review’2. Alain Revel and Christophe Riboud (1986), ‘The Agriculture Industry’3. Kym Anderson (1987), ‘On Why Agriculture Declines with Economic Growth’4. Peter B. R. Hazell (1985), ‘Sources of Increased Variability in World Cereal Production since the 1960’s’5. Bruce L. Gardner (1992), ‘Changing Economic Perspectives on the Farm Problem’6. Günther Schmitt (1991), ‘Why is the Agriculture of Advanced Western Economies Still Organized by Family Farms? Will this Continue to be so in the Future?’7. J. S. Nix (1990), ‘Aspects of Farm Profitability: An Outmoded Concept?’PART IIAGRICULTURAL POLICY ANALYSIS8. T. E. Josling (1969), ‘A Formal Approach to Agricultural Policy’9. T. E. Josling (1974), ‘Agricultural Policies in Developed Countries: A Review’10. P. J. Dawson (1991), ‘The Simple Analytics of Agricultural Production Quotas’11. Carmel Cahill and Wilfrid Legg (1989-90), ‘Estimation of Agricultural Assistance using Producer and Consumer Subsidy Equivalents: Theory and Practice’12. L. Alan Winters (1987), ‘The Economic Consequences of Agricultural Support: A Survey’PART IIIAGRICULTURAL POLICY STUDIES - NATIONAL SETTING13. World Bank (1986), ‘Agricultural Policies in Industrial Countries’14. D. R. Harvey and K. J. Thomson (1985), ‘Costs, benefits and the Future of the Common Agricultural Policy’15. Alan Swinbank (1993), ‘CAP Reform, 1992’16. T. K. Warley (1991-1992), ‘Europe’s Agricultural Policy in Transition’17. Harry de Gorter, David J. Nielson and Gordon C. Rausser (1992), ‘Productive and Predatory Public Policies: Research Expenditures and Producer Subsidies in Agriculture’18. G. Edward Schuh and David Orden (1988), ‘The Macroeconomics of Agriculture and Rural America’PART IVAGRICULTURAL POLICY STUDIES - INTERNATIONAL SETTING19. T. K. Warley (1990), ‘Agriculture in the GATT: Past and Future’20. R. Tyers and K. Anderson (1988), ‘Liberalising OECD agricultural Policies in the Uruguay Round: Effects on Trade and Welfare’21. Kym Anderson and Timothy Josling (1993), ‘The Challenge to Economists of Multilateral Trade Negotiations on Agricultural Protection’22. A. J. Lerner, K. A. Ingersent and R. C. Hine (1993), ‘Agriculture in the Uruguay Round: An Assessment’PART VISSUES RELATING TO THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES23. Bruce F. Johnston and John W. Mellor (1961), ‘The Role of Agriculture in Economic Development’24. Anne O. Krueger, Maurice Schiff and Alberto Valdés (1988), ‘Agricultural Incentives in Developing Countries: Measuring the Effect of Sectoral and Economywide Policies’25. World Bank (1986), ‘Agricultural Policies in Developing Countries: Marketing and Stabilization, Subsidies, and Policy Reform’26. Michael Lipton (1987), ‘Limits of Price Policy for Agriculture: Which Way for the World Bank?’

'Altogether, the edition contains a well-chosen selection of key articles on "agricultural economic policy". . . For all scholars concerned with agricultural policy, the book can definitely be recommended as a standard work allowing quick access to important landmark and general publications.'