Brady, Mark
- Institutionen för ekonomi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Sammanfattning
In this paper we appraise current agricultural subsidy policy in the EU. Several sources of its inefficiency are identified: it is inefficient for supporting farmers' incomes or guaranteeing food security, and irrational transfer payments decoupled from actual performance that may be negative for environmental protection, social cohesion, etc. Based on a simplified economic model, we prove that there is "reverse redistribution" in the current tax-subsidy system, which cannot be avoided. To find a possible way to distribute subsidies more efficiently and equitably, several alternative subsidy systems (the pure loan, the harvest tax and the income contingent loan) are presented and examined.
Publicerad i
PLoS ONE
2012, volym: 7, nummer: 8, sidor: 1-12
Utgivare: Public Library of Science
SLU författare
Globala målen (SDG)
UKÄ forskningsämne
Nationalekonomi
Publikationens identifierare
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0041225
Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/39438