Abstract The main topic of the paper is an explanation of the level of agricultural protection in industrialized countries and middle income countries. Concerning this, empirical regression models are presented in order to identify political and economic determinants of the level of agricultural...

Die Verteilungswirkungen der Europäischen Agrarpolitik (GAP) sind in den letzten Jahren verstärkt in den Fokus des wissenschaftlichen und politischen Interesses getreten, insbesondere seitdem soziale und wirtschaftliche Kohäsion zu einem zentralen Ziel der europäischen Politik erklärt...

In this paper, the focus is on regional disparities in agricultural income, particularly in the context of agricultural price fluctuations and the impact of agricultural policy. In a first step, a theoretical model explaining regional disparities in farming revenues is presented. The following...