Do counter-cyclical payments in the 2002 US Farm Act create incentives to produce?

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 2-3 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 277-284

  Antón, Jesús ^a   Mouël, Chantal Le ^b  

^a OECD   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Counter cyclical payments; Decoupling; Risk aversion; Risk premium

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRICE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; INCENTIVE; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 9644296043     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agecon.2004.09.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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