Agricultural Policy Agribusiness and Rent-seeking Behavior

Title : Agricultural Policy Agribusiness and Rent-seeking Behavior Paperback: 512 pages Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division; 2 edition (September 7, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 080209547X ISBN-13: 978-0802095473 Description : The second edition of the groundbreaking Agricultural Policy, Agribusiness, and Rent-Seeking Behaviour expands upon its original analysis of the economic policies that affect agriculture and agribusiness. Widening their lens to include information on the European Union, the authors continue to emphasize the role of farmers and agribusiness in the formation of policy, exploring the issues from both economic and historical perspectives. More theoretical than the first volume in its discussions of welfare economics and the theory of public choice, the second edition also addresses the broad significance of agricultural policies such as biofuels, nutrition, multifunctionality, genetically modified or...