The Impacts of Eliminating the Direct Payments on the U.S. Cotton Market

Suwen Pan, Darren Hudson and Maria Erlinda M. Mutuc

No 98627, Cotton Economics Research Institute CER Series from Texas Tech University, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics

Abstract: This study analyzes the effects of eliminating direct payments paid to cotton farmers in the U.S. Our results suggest that while the impact of eliminating direct payments on domestic production is offset to some extent by rising prices, the more significant effect is on farmers’ net income.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Production Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13
Date: 2011-01
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.98627

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