This paper evaluates potential economic impacts of incorporating Romania into EU’s Common Agricultural Policy. A CGE model of Romania is employed to model likely changes in trade, production and welfare patterns with a focus on fifteen local agro-food activities. Three main findings emerge....

With the widespread interest in the role that international trade can play in achieving the Millennium Development Goals, increasing attention is being given to the poverty impacts of trade liberalisation. The high level of public interest has stimulated renewed research activity aimed at...

Millennium Development Goals, increasing attention is being given to the poverty impacts of trade liberalisation. The high level of public interest has stimulated renewed research activity aimed at expanding the evidence-base available to trade negotiators and policymakers. Within this context,...

The continued growth in world trade and investment flows has led to a renewed interest among researchers and policy makers in the potential impact that trade liberalisation policy may have on the environment. The aim of this paper is to provide a balanced and accessible summary of the findings...

This article assesses the feasibility of a 50% reduction in CO₂ emissions by 2050 using a large-scale Post Keynesian simulation model of the global energy-environment-economy system. The main policy to achieve the target is a carbon price rising to $100/tCO₂ by 2050, attained through auctioned...

1. Introduction : a development issue -- 2. A story of communism and rural societies -- 3. Post-communist economic dynamics of agricultural systems -- 4. Transition and transformations in the agriculture-nature nexus -- 5. Common Agricultural Policy reforms and European Union enlargement -- 6....