U.S. Farm Policy and the Variability of Commodity Prices and Farm Revenues

Sergio H. Lence and Dermot Hayes

No 18371, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Archive from Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Abstract: A dynamic, three-commodity rational-expectations storage model is used to compare the impact of the Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform (FAIR) Act of 1996 with a freemarket policy and with the agricultural policies that preceded the FAIR Act. Results support the hypothesis that the changes made when FAIR was enacted did not lead to permanent significant increases in the volatility of farm prices or revenues. An important finding is that the main economic impacts of the Pre-FAIR scenario, relative to the free-market regime were to transfer income to farmers and to substitute government storage for private storage in a way that did little to support prices or to stabilize farm incomes.

Keywords: Agricultural; and; Food; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32
Date: 2000
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Working Paper: U.S. FARM POLICY AND THE VARIABILITY OF COMMODITY PRICES AND FARM REVENUES (2000)
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Working Paper: U.S. Farm Policy and the Variability of Commodity Prices and Farm Revenues (2000)
Working Paper: U.S. Farm Policy and the Variability of Commodity Prices and Farm Revenues (2000)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.18371

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