Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in the United States and Canada
There is much in common between the agricultural sectors of the United States and Canada. This chapter begins with a brief background on the two sectors, then reviews their histories of farm policy developments before reporting new estimates of rat...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/494961468337237055/Main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28185 |
| Summary: | There is much in common between the
agricultural sectors of the United States and Canada. This
chapter begins with a brief background on the two sectors,
then reviews their histories of farm policy developments
before reporting new estimates of rates of assistance to
their farmers and their consequences for taxpayers and
consumers. This is followed by an explanation of the
politics behind the evolution and gyrations in farm policies
in the two countries, and some speculation on the prospect
for reform. Since the policy histories and their effects in
the two countries are somewhat different, they are discussed
sequentially in those sections. |
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