1st Edition

International Trade, Consumer Interests and Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy

Edited By Susan Senior Nello, Pierpaolo Pierani Copyright 2010
208 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

The European Union has launched an important debate on the future of the EU budget from 2013. This discussion is to cover all aspects of EU revenue and expenditure, including that on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The CAP has been radically transformed in recent years, but the issue of its reform, including its goals, its effectiveness in reaching them and the question of division of... Read more

Foreword Giuseppe Barbero  1. Introduction Susan Senior Nello and Pierpaolo Pierani  2. A CAP for the Whole Community John S. Marsh  3. Consumers and the Political Economy of European Agricultural and Food Policies Johan F. M. Swinnen, Martha Negash and Thijs Vandemoortele  4. Sustainable Food Consumption and Government Responsibility Stefan Tangermann  5. Pillar II: A Real Improvement of the CAP? Ulrich Koester and Susan Senior Nello  6. Mountain Regions as Natural Laboratories for the Evaluation of Agricultural Policies Geremia Gios and Roberta Raffaelli  7. The UK Rebate, the budget and the post-2013 CAP Faced with Fiscal Federalism Louis-Pascal Mahé, Hugo Naudet and Marie-Alix Roussillon-Montfort  8. Multilateral Trade Negotiations and the CAP Giovanni Anania  9. Conclusions: Pointers to a Future CAP Kenneth J. Thomson

Biography

Susan Senior Nello is an Associated Professor in the Economics Faculty of Siena University, Italy.

Pierpaolo Pierani is Research Fellow in the Faculty of Economics of Siena University, Italy, where he teaches econometrics and advanced econometrics.