Effects of EU Enlargement to the Central European Countries on Agricultural Markets.

• Superior document: Cege-Schriften Series ; v.4
• Author: Münch, Wolfgang.
• Place / Publishing House: Frankfurt a.M. : : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften,, 2002.; {copy}2003.
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Cege-Schriften Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (246 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- Foreword -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- 1 Economic Aspects of CEC-EU Integration -- 1.1 Agriculture in the CECs and the EU-15 -- 1.2 Development of Agricultural Policies in the CECs and the EU-15 -- 1.3 Development of Agricultural Prices in the CECs and the EU-15 -- 1.4 Exchange Rates and Protection -- 1.5 Conclusions for the Study -- 1.6 Analysis of CEC-EU Accession Effects on Agricultural Markets in the Literature -- 2 Structure of the European Simulation Model -- 2.1 An Overview of the Model Structure -- 2.1.1 The Structure of the Model -- 2.1.2 Functional Forms -- 2.2 The Modeling of Supply and Domestic Use -- 2.2.1 Supply of Grandes Cultures -- 2.2.2 Livestock Supply -- 2.2.3 Supply Quotas -- 2.2.4 Demand -- 2.2.5 Processing -- 2.2.6 Elasticities and Calibration -- 2.3 Modeling of Price and Trade Policies under CAP -- 2.3.1 Tariff-Based Price and Trade Policies -- 2.3.2 Intervention System -- 2.3.3 Restraint Export System -- 2.4 Modeling of Accession -- 2.4.1 The Harmonization of Agricultural Policies -- 2.4.2 The Single Market -- 2.5 Welfare Calculations -- 2.6 Budgetary Calculations -- 2.7 Macroeconomic Linkages -- 2.8 Data -- 2.9 Model Validation -- 2.10 Properties and Limits of ESIM and Comparison to Other Models -- 3 Market and Budgetary Effects of Accession of the Ten Central European Countries to the EU-15 -- 3.1 Scenarios and Main Assumptions -- 3.2 The Development of CEC Markets under Different Scenarios -- 3.3 Budgetary Effects -- 3.4 Policy Assumptions and Budgetary Expenditure -- 3.5 Welfare Effects -- 3.6 Conclusions -- 4 Effects of Accession to the EU on Agricultural Markets and Government Expenditure in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia: A Combined Partial and General Equilibrium Analysis -- 4.1 Accession Scenarios and Main Assumptions.

4.2 Accession Effects on Agricultural Protection -- 4.3 Market Effects -- 4.4 Budgetary Implications -- 4.5 Conclusions -- 5 Specific Case Studies: The Importance of Marketing Margins and Technical Progress in CEC-EU Accession -- 5.1 Marketing Margins and Accession: The Case of Slovenia -- 5.1.1 A Comparison of Slovenian and EU Market and Trade Policies -- 5.1.2 Effects of Accession to the EU -- 5.1.3 Simulation Results of Slovene Accession to the EU -- 5.1.4 Conclusions -- 5.2 Rapid Technical Progress and Accession: The Case of Hungary -- 5.2.1 Selected Results -- 5.3 Conclusions -- 6 Summary and Conclusions -- 6.1 Summary -- 6.2 Conclusions -- References -- A Appendix: Price Gaps and Macroeconomic Assumptions -- B Appendix: Elasticities -- C Appendix: Ex-Ante Simulations of the EU-15 -- D Appendix: Selected Scenario Results by Country.