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规范类型 | 论文 |
来源ID | DP287 |
DP287 The National Security Argument for Agricultural Protection | |
L. Alan Winters | |
发表日期 | 1988-11-01 |
出版年 | 1988 |
语种 | 英语 |
摘要 | Agricultural support is often advocated as a means to national security. This is misguided. At current levels of consumption there is considerable scope for substitution away from food without catastrophic welfare losses, and even in the total absence of imports the United Kingdom could feed itself. Oil and chemical inputs into agriculture are probably more vulnerable to embargo than food, there having been virtually no past instances of successful food embargoes. If a food embargo is felt likely, the correct policy response would be to store food for the short run and agricultural inputs -- especially natural fertility -- to allow a rapid expansion of output in the longer run. Current 'high price, high output' agricultural policies increase dependence on vulnerable inputs (energy) and exhaust the soil. They probably reduce national security. |
主题 | International Trade and Regional Economics |
关键词 | Agricultural policy Agricultural trade Embargoes National security |
URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp287 |
来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/529437 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | L. Alan Winters. DP287 The National Security Argument for Agricultural Protection. 1988. |
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