Multifunctionality and the European Common Agricultural Policy: A Theoretical Problem

Karsten Kyed, Niels Kaergard and Henrik Zobbe

No 24876, 2002 International Congress, August 28-31, 2002, Zaragoza, Spain from European Association of Agricultural Economists

Abstract: The multifunctional character of agriculture is used as a main argument for agricultural support. This argument is theoretical analyzed in a model with decreasing marginal utility and it is shown that such a support must depend on the size of the agricultural sector. Consequently the argument is not valid for a common policy for very different countries as the EU-countries.

Keywords: Agricultural; and; Food; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 11
Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.24876

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