Annual Estimates of Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Europe's Transition Economies

This working paper summarizes annual estimates of covered product Nominal Rate of Assistance (NRAs), for each of the focus economies of Europe's transition economies, their key distortion indicators defined in Anderson et al. (2008), and provi...

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Main Authors: Valenzuela, Ernesto, Kurzweil, Marianne, Johanna, Croser, Nelgen, Signe, Anderson, Kym
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spelling okr-10986-281932021-04-23T14:04:46Z Annual Estimates of Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Europe's Transition Economies Valenzuela, Ernesto Kurzweil, Marianne Johanna, Croser Nelgen, Signe Anderson, Kym AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURE BARLEY BEEF CASSAVA COMMODITY COTTON CROPS EGG EXPORTS FAO FARM GRAINS IMPORTS LIVESTOCK LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS MAIZE MILK NUT OILSEEDS POTATO POULTRY PRODUCERS PRODUCT QUALITY RAPE RAPESEED RICE RYE SEED SESAME SHEEP MEAT SOYBEAN SUGAR SUNFLOWER TROPICAL CROPS WHEAT WINE This working paper summarizes annual estimates of covered product Nominal Rate of Assistance (NRAs), for each of the focus economies of Europe's transition economies, their key distortion indicators defined in Anderson et al. (2008), and provides some summary statistics for the region's estimates. Four tables are provided for each country: (a) the NRA to individual farm products covered in the study and their weighted average, using as weights production valued at undistorted prices; (b) the RRA to producers of agricultural tradable, again using as weights production valued at undistorted prices, and the component parts of the RRA calculation; (c) the weights themselves for individual covered farm products and for the residual non-covered group of products, shown as percentages and so they sum to 100 percent; and (d) the trade status of each covered product each year. The NRA in the case of a product having just its output price distorted by government policies is the percentage by which the domestic producer price exceeds the price that would prevail under free markets, that is, the border price appropriately adjusted to account for differences in product quality, transport costs, processing costs, etc. A negative value indicates the domestic price is below that comparable border price. 2017-09-07T19:32:35Z 2017-09-07T19:32:35Z 2008-08 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/698301468162860656/Annual-estimates-of-distortions-to-agricultural-incentives-in-europes-transition-economies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28193 English en_US Agricultural Distortions Working Paper;57 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Central Asia Eastern Europe Russian Federation Turkey
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topic AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURE
BARLEY
BEEF
CASSAVA
COMMODITY
COTTON
CROPS
EGG
EXPORTS
FAO
FARM
GRAINS
IMPORTS
LIVESTOCK
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS
MAIZE
MILK
NUT
OILSEEDS
POTATO
POULTRY
PRODUCERS
PRODUCT QUALITY
RAPE
RAPESEED
RICE
RYE
SEED
SESAME
SHEEP MEAT
SOYBEAN
SUGAR
SUNFLOWER
TROPICAL CROPS
WHEAT
WINE
spellingShingle AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
AGRICULTURE
BARLEY
BEEF
CASSAVA
COMMODITY
COTTON
CROPS
EGG
EXPORTS
FAO
FARM
GRAINS
IMPORTS
LIVESTOCK
LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS
MAIZE
MILK
NUT
OILSEEDS
POTATO
POULTRY
PRODUCERS
PRODUCT QUALITY
RAPE
RAPESEED
RICE
RYE
SEED
SESAME
SHEEP MEAT
SOYBEAN
SUGAR
SUNFLOWER
TROPICAL CROPS
WHEAT
WINE
Valenzuela, Ernesto
Kurzweil, Marianne
Johanna, Croser
Nelgen, Signe
Anderson, Kym
Annual Estimates of Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Europe's Transition Economies
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Central Asia
Eastern Europe
Russian Federation
Turkey
relation Agricultural Distortions Working Paper;57
description This working paper summarizes annual estimates of covered product Nominal Rate of Assistance (NRAs), for each of the focus economies of Europe's transition economies, their key distortion indicators defined in Anderson et al. (2008), and provides some summary statistics for the region's estimates. Four tables are provided for each country: (a) the NRA to individual farm products covered in the study and their weighted average, using as weights production valued at undistorted prices; (b) the RRA to producers of agricultural tradable, again using as weights production valued at undistorted prices, and the component parts of the RRA calculation; (c) the weights themselves for individual covered farm products and for the residual non-covered group of products, shown as percentages and so they sum to 100 percent; and (d) the trade status of each covered product each year. The NRA in the case of a product having just its output price distorted by government policies is the percentage by which the domestic producer price exceeds the price that would prevail under free markets, that is, the border price appropriately adjusted to account for differences in product quality, transport costs, processing costs, etc. A negative value indicates the domestic price is below that comparable border price.
format Working Paper
author Valenzuela, Ernesto
Kurzweil, Marianne
Johanna, Croser
Nelgen, Signe
Anderson, Kym
author_facet Valenzuela, Ernesto
Kurzweil, Marianne
Johanna, Croser
Nelgen, Signe
Anderson, Kym
author_sort Valenzuela, Ernesto
title Annual Estimates of Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Europe's Transition Economies
title_short Annual Estimates of Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Europe's Transition Economies
title_full Annual Estimates of Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Europe's Transition Economies
title_fullStr Annual Estimates of Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Europe's Transition Economies
title_full_unstemmed Annual Estimates of Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Europe's Transition Economies
title_sort annual estimates of distortions to agricultural incentives in europe's transition economies
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/698301468162860656/Annual-estimates-of-distortions-to-agricultural-incentives-in-europes-transition-economies
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28193
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