Agriculture in the Global Economy

The Linkages of Agriculture to Hawaii’s Economy

The CTAHR Economic Issues publication EI-3, Agriculture’s Contribution to Hawaii’s Economy— An Update, reported that in year 2000 agriculture con­ tributed 3.3 percent of total Hawaii sales, 2.2 percent of total real GSP, 3.8 percent of employment, and 2.2 per­ cent of labor income. That publication measured the contribution of agriculture in terms of its size relative to the entire Hawaii econ...

Asymmetries in the Global Economy

Openness is not necessarily good for the poor. Reducing trade protection has not brought growth to today’s poorest countries, and open capital markets have not been good for the poorest households in emerging market economies. In this paper I present evidence on these two points. First, countries highly dependent on primary exports two decades ago, despite their substantial engagement in trade ...

Understanding the Political Economy of Agriculture in the Tropics

This paper offers a new explanation for why some governments consistently impose such high agricultural tax rates that their revenues decline, and consistently spend what tax revenue they have on things other than productive public investments such as agricultural R&D. We propose an intertemporal political economy model, in which taxes and R&D levels are set in a repeated game between governmen...

The Political Economy of Agriculture in France’s Fifth Republic

Agricultural activity, agricultural politics, and agricultural policy are interrelated. In this article, I discuss some of the linkages in the context of France’s Fifth Republic. I demonstrate that the geographic relationship inside France between agricultural product mix and voting behavior helps to explain French governmental conduct during three major episodes of international agricultural p...

The political economy of agriculture in Southern Africa