Public Choice and Agriculture: An American Example

Gordon Tullock and Jimmye Hillman
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Jimmye Hillman: University of Arizona

Chapter 5 in Issues in Contemporary Economics, 1991, pp 98-118 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In the United States, agricultural politics were very much in the news in 1989. There were the intense negotiations in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT); the $40+ billion appropriations bill for the nation’s farm and food programmes; the $900 million farmer reimbursement package for crop losses due to drought, floods — all have kept the agricultural situation in the forefront of the communications media. Because of this and other related events, a paper on ‘public choice and agriculture’ appears very appropriate at this time. We shall first examine the theory then proceed to examples which appear to substantiate the general thesis.

Keywords: Public Choice; Agricultural Policy; Sugar Industry; Government Payment; Average Voter (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1991
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-11579-2_5

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