During 1985-93 the U.S. Government provided $4.9 billion in subsidies to targeted foreign buyers of U.S. wheat under … of wheat have not opposed the program; and the program received an initial boost because of its use of large government …-owned wheat stocks, allowing it to be treated as budget neutral in Congress. An economic argument that carried political weight …

> equates to a 0.5%, 0.6%, and 0.8% yield increase for corn, soybeans, and wheat, respectively. Viewed retrospectively, 10%, 30 …

This paper uses regression analysis to study the causes and impacts of the Export Enhancement Program for wheat. We … attributable to the overvaluation of the dollar in the 1980s, not the increase in EC subsidies to wheat farmers in 1985. We also …