Are Eastern European agricultural markets working? Beware of state-prescribed market interventions!

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Substantial danger exists that politically prescribed market interventions, designed to counter a supposed failure of the markets, will leave markets functioning worse rather than better. This is particularly true of Eastern European transition countries, where institutional regulations function only to a limited extent. Based on the findings of a variety of empirical studies that examine how Eastern European grain, dairy and meat markets are functioning, this policy brief strongly advocates restraint in the introduction of measures to regulate agricultural markets. Such regulations have high macroeconomic costs and may work counter to their objectives, which are designed to have popular appeal.

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• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IAMO Policy Brief ; No. 11e

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Glauben, Thomas ; Djuric, Ivan ; Götz, Linde ; Koester, Ulrich ; Loy, Jens-Peter ; Páll, Zsombor ; Perekhozhuk, Oleksandr ; Prehn, Sören ; Renner, Swetlana
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO)
• (where): Halle (Saale)
• (when): 2013

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/83649
• URN: urn:nbn:de:gbv:3:2-32138