As the remaining agriculture-related NAFTA clauses became fully implemented on January 1st, 2008, there is much evidence of the Agreement’s benefits to all three members in the forms of the agricultural trade expansion within the region and the growth of foreign direct investments in...

This paper raises a number of issues in thinking about and addressing the intergenerational transmission of disadvantage. Starting with choice subject to constraints by parents as determining outcomes for children, the paper identifies sequences of interventions to relieve “binding...

Este articulo intenta aportar algunas refleciones sobre la relacion entre dos grandes politicas europeas, la Politica Agraria Comun por un lado y la Politica de competencia por otro. Estamos confrontados a un serio problema de rentas hoy en el sector agrario y la solucion no se puede encontrar...

En este estudio se analiza el traje legal de los Consejos Reguladores de las Denominaciones de origen y otros sistemas de calidad agroalimentaria en Espana en la legislacion estatal y autonomica. El previsible eclipse progresivo o paralizacion del modelo mayoritario, estructurado en torno a una...

Farm-to-School (FTS) programs exist in 50 states. However, many FTS efforts have failed due to operating costs, local food availability, and distribution logistics. There is almost no literature examining the factors impacting FTS program implementation and success, although such information...

This study examines whether government spending in the Nigerian Agricultural sector has been consistent with Wagner' Law. To test the validity of Wagner's law, six alternative functional forms were adopted, using annual data from the Nigerian agricultural sector over the time period 1961 - 2012....

A collection of papers from leading thinkers to celebrate the work of the late Wynne Godley, and his enormous contribution to the field of monetary economics. Chapters include in-depth discussions of the revolutionary economic modelling systems that Godley introduced, as well as his prescient...