• norsk
    • English
  • English 
    • norsk
    • English
  • Login
View Item 
  •   Home
  • Norges Handelshøyskole
  • Department of Economics
  • Discussion papers (SAM)
  • View Item
  •   Home
  • Norges Handelshøyskole
  • Department of Economics
  • Discussion papers (SAM)
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

Optimal provision of public goods : implications for support to agriculture

Brunstad, Rolf Jens; Gaasland, Ivar; Vårdal, Erling
Working paper
Thumbnail
View/Open
dp2007-6.pdf (226.3Kb)
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/163062
Date
2007-01
Metadata
Show full item record
Collections
  • Discussion papers (SAM) [586]
Abstract
This paper summarises a decade of research by the authors into the welfare economic

foundations for agricultural policy. The main results are that the levels of support to

agriculture in rich developed countries like Norway are way out of proportion with what

could conceivably be defended by welfare theoretic arguments. However, the present debate

on the multifunctional role of agriculture points to valid arguments for agricultural support.

In terms of welfare economics these arguments are found in the links between agriculture and

public goods like landscape amenities and food security. This paper offers a modest attempt to quantify the Pigouvian subsidies that could be derived from these arguments.
Publisher
Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. Department of Economics
Series
Discussion paper
2007:6

Contact Us | Send Feedback

Privacy policy
DSpace software copyright © 2002-2019  DuraSpace

Service from  Unit
 

 

Browse

ArchiveCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsDocument TypesJournalsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsDocument TypesJournals

My Account

Login

Statistics

View Usage Statistics

Contact Us | Send Feedback

Privacy policy
DSpace software copyright © 2002-2019  DuraSpace

Service from  Unit