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Environmental and Economic Implications of Alternative EC Policies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Peter S. Liapis*
Affiliation:
ATAD, ERS, U.S. Dept. Agriculture

Abstract

A net trade model that includes environmental variables is used to analyze economic and environmental implications of various EC policies. There are environmental benefits from CAP reform, but a fertilizer tax results in greater nitrate and phosphate abatement. The input tax also results in smaller drops in EC farm income compared to CAP reform.

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Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1994

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