Regional Incidence of Agricultural Policy: The Case of Switzerland

A Muedespacher
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A Muedespacher: Department of National, Regional and Local Planning of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH-Hoenggerberg, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland

Environment and Planning C, 1986, vol. 4, issue 3, 343-352

Abstract: Agricultural expenditure is one of the largest categories of spending in the Swiss federal budget. Yet little is known about the transfer volume and its spatial effects. In this article the regional monetary incidence of the federal agricultural policy, including both the performance and the financial side, is investigated. The calculations show that lowlands receive a much greater average transfer than the mountain areas, measured per farming unit or by agricultural worker. The relative burden of the financing is greater in mountain areas than in the lowlands. Examination of the distribution of the burden according to income groups reveals a regressive effect. The financing of the Swiss agricultural policy cannot be called a social policy—neither for Switzerland as a whole nor from a regional perspective.

Date: 1986
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DOI: 10.1068/c040343

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