Implications of Gatt for Eastern Europe and the Baltics

Grazyna Michalska, Rachael Goodhue and Arthur Small

No 201478, CUDARE Working Papers from University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Abstract: The story of agriculture in Eastern Europe during the last quarter century is a story of policy driven by politics, rather than by sound economics. Even in the highly distorted economies of the socialist period, agricultural policy stands out as being singularly colored by ideological imperatives, and singularly vulnerable to interest group pressures. While the revolutions of 1989-91 did mark a sharp move toward liberalization, these moves are now being slowed and even reversed, as countries of the region adopt Western style interventionism in preparation for accession to the European Union.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 100
Date: 1995-05
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/201478/files/agecon-cal-750.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:ucbecw:201478

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.201478

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in CUDARE Working Papers from University of California, Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().