Harry de Gorter

Economic development, institutional change, and the political economy of agricultural protection: an econometric study of Belgium since the 19th century (2001)

Swinnen, Johan F.M., Banerjee, Anurag N., De Gorter, Harry

This empirical study uses 100 years of annual data on 11 agricultural commodities from Belgium to measure the impact of structural changes coinciding with economic development and changes in...

The political economy of public research investment and commodity policies in agriculture: an empirical study (2000)

Swinnen, Johan F. M., De Gorter, Harry, Rausser, Gordon C., Banerjee, Anurag N.

The paper tests a political economy theory of simultaneous government decision-making on income redistribution through commodity policies and on public research investment in agriculture. We use data...

Agricultural policies :--a study in political economy /--by Harry de Gorter. (1983)

De Gorter, Harry.

Thesis (Ph. D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics)--University of California, Berkeley, June 1983.

The Welfare Economics of an Excise-Tax Exemption for Biofuels

De Gorter, Harry, Just, David R.

A general theory is developed to analyze the efficiency and income distribution effects of a biofuel consumer tax credit and the interaction effects with a price contingent farm subsidy. Using the...

The economics of a biofuel consumption mandate and excise-tax exemption: An empirical example of U.S. ethanol policy

De Gorter, Harry, Just, David R.

This paper develops a general framework to evaluate the effects on agricultural and gasoline markets of a consumption mandate and excise-tax exemption, the two most prominent public biofuel policies....

The economics of U.S. ethanol import tariffs with a consumption mandate and tax credit

De Gorter, Harry, Just, David R.

This paper analyzes the impact of an ethanol import tariff in conjunction with a consumption mandate and tax credit. A tax credit alone acts as a subsidy to ethanol producers, equally benefiting...

Disciplining agricultural support through decoupling

Baffes, John, De Gorter, Harry

Agricultural protection, particularly in high income countries, have induced overproduction, thereby depressing world commodity prices and reducing export shares of countries which do not support...

Endogenizing U.S. milk price supports

De Gorter, Harry, Rausser, Gordon C.

Agricultural policies; Milk; Price supports; Prices

Impact of Economic Development on Commodity and Public Research Policies in Agriculture.

De Gorter, Harry, Swinnen, Johan F M

A political-economic explanation is provided for the existence of commodity policy and research expenditures in agriculture. Structural economic characteristics such as pre-policy endowment incomes,...

Political economy of agricultural policy

De Gorter, Harry, Swinnen, Johan, B. L. Gardner, G. C. Rausser

Explanations are provided for why governments do as they do in agriculture. Alternative frameworks are assessed to explain government policy including collective action and politician-voter...

The Political Economy of Commodity and Public Good Policies in European Agriculture: Implications for Policy Reform.

Rausser, Gordon C, De Gorter, Harry

Public policies are often classified as falling into two conceptually distinct categories: productive policies which are designed to provide public goods (PERTs) and predatory policies which are...

DISENTANGLING THE PRODUCTION AND EXPORT CONSEQUENCES OF DIRECT FARM INCOME PAYMENTS

Chau, Nancy H., De Gorter, Harry

This paper formalizes the production and export consequences of direct farm payments. Taxpayer financed direct payments distort exit and production incentives, while consumer financed subsidies also...

THE IMPACTS OF EXPORT SUBSIDY REDUCTION COMMITMENTS IN THE AGREEMENT ON AGRICULTURE

Ruiz, Lilian, De Gorter, Harry

The effectiveness of limits and reductions in both export volumes subsidized and value of export subsidies in agriculture is evaluated. A perspective on consumer versus producer financed export...

THE AGREEMENT ON AGRICULTURE AND THE CAP: THE REFORM OF THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE IMPORT REGIME

Martin, Elisa, De Gorter, Harry

The import regime resulting from the tariffication under the Agreement on Agriculture of the minimum import price scheme protecting fruit & vegetables in the European Union, gives rise to...

ELASTICITIES OF DEMAND FOR IMPORTED MEATS IN RUSSIA

Soshnin, Alexei I., Tomek, William G., De Gorter, Harry

Elasticities of demand for meat imports in Russia are estimated using an AIDS model. The model differentiates among sources of imports as well as kinds of meat, but since the number of observations...

CAN PRICE SUPPORTS NEGATE THE SOCIAL GAINS FROM PUBLIC RESEARCH EXPENDITURES IN AGRICULTURE?

De Gorter, Harry, Swinnen, Johan

The burgeoning literature on how the benefits from research may be negative for a given price support arbitrarily ignores the costs of price supports for a given level of research. Furthermore, the...

THE DYNAMIC EFFECTS OF AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDY PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES

De Gorter, Harry, Fisher, Eric O'N.

This paper analyzes the dynamic effects of the acreage restrictions and land diversion requirements that are characteristic of the farm subsidy programs in the United States. The subsidy payments a...

ANALYZING ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY WITH POLLUTION ABATEMENT VERSUS OUTPUT ANALYZING ENVIRONMENTAL REDUCTION: AN APPLICATION TO U.S. AGRICULTURE

Schamel, Gunter, De Gorter, Harry

A model is developed that derives optimal pollution levels and determines the welfare economics of pollution reduction, differentiating between abatement and output reduction. It is suitable to...

THE POLITICS OF UNDERINVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

De Gorter, Harry, Swinnen, Jo

This paper develops a political economy framework that determines the factors causing underinvestment in public research expenditures. Governments are unable to fully compensate for unequal income...