Author (Person) | Koester, Ulrich |
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Series Title | Intereconomics |
Series Details | Vol.47, No.3, May-June 2012, p170-174 |
Publication Date | May 2012 |
ISSN | 0020-5346 |
Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog |
Direct payments were originally justified as a mechanism to compensate farmers for the income loss incurred due to reduced intervention prices. However, this rationale is not valid any more, and a new justification for basic income support by granting basic decoupled direct payments has been proposed by the EU Commission. The article identifies a number of problems related to this proposal [Full text of articles can be found in the Intereconomics Archive two years after the initial publication] |
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Subject Categories | Business and Industry |
Countries / Regions | Europe |
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