"Fortress Europe" in long-term perspective: agricultural protection in the European Community, 1957-2003

Spoerer, Mark (2010): "Fortress Europe" in long-term perspective: agricultural protection in the European Community, 1957-2003. Forthcoming in: Journal of European Integration History

Abstract

Since its inception, the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been discussed controversely. Data from the OECD and the World Bank show that the protectionist effects of the CAP between the 1960s and the 1980s were larger than those of its national predecessors. Moreover, there is evidence that already the piecemeal reforms of the 1980s re-duced the level of protection and support in the EU, that is prior to the MacSharry reform of 1992.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Common Agricultural Policy; agricultural policy; protectionism; European integration; producer support estimate
• Subjects: N - Economic History > N5 - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment, and Extractive Industries > N54 - Europe: 1913-; N - Economic History > N7 - Transport, Trade, Energy, Technology, and Other Services > N74 - Europe: 1913-; F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F13 - Trade Policy ; International Trade Organizations; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q1 - Agriculture > Q18 - Agricultural Policy ; Food Policy

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