Exploring the Impact of Agricultural Price and Trade Policy Reform under Transition in Albania

George Mergos (), Pavlos Karadeloglou and Chrysostomos Stoforos

Economic Change and Restructuring, 1999, vol. 32, issue 2, 103-127

Abstract: Agricultural policy decision making in economies undergoing transition to market is in need of empirical tools for assessing the impact of alternative policy options. The econometric means available for such exercise, however, are limited for lack of data and structural breaks in economic behaviour. Synthetic, partial equilibrium, multi-market models offer a potential alternative. Such models have been used extensively, even in advanced economies, to offer valuable insights on the impact of alternative policy options. This paper shows the use of such a partial equilibrium, multi-market, synthetic-type model as a tool for agricultural policy analysis in a country in transition. The model is applied for Albania, a predominantly agricultural country that, after a period of centralism and autarky, aims to re-join the international economic system. The model, albeit its many limitations, offers some useful insights on the impact of alternative options available for agricultural price and trade policy. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1999

Keywords: transition economies; Albania; agricultural policy analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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