Modelling the Effects of the EU Common Agricultural Policy

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This paper by Catherine Costa, Michelle Osborne, Xiao-guang Zhang, Pierre Boulanger and Patrick Jomini was released on 3 December 2009.

Preliminaries (PDF - 221 Kb)
Cover, Copyright, Contents, Keypoints, Preface and Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Introduction (PDF - 115 Kb)
Chapter 2 The Common Agricultural Policy (PDF - 273 Kb)
2.1 The current policy situation
2.2 Pillar I
2.3 Pillar II – Rural development programs
2.4 Border protection
2.5 Assessing the cost of the CAP
Chapter 3 Modelling the elements of the CAP (PDF - 198 Kb)
3.1 The GTAP model
3.2 The database
3.3 Modelling strategy
3.4 Simulations
Chapter 4 Global effects of the CAP (PDF - 201 Kb)
4.1 Presentation of results
4.2 Sectoral effects within the European Union
4.3 Sectoral effects outside the European Union
4.4 Welfare and allocative efficiency effects of the CAP
Chapter 5 Conclusion (PDF - 118 Kb)
Appendix A Supporting tables (PDF - 171 Kb)
References (PDF - 143 Kb)

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