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Provedor de dados: 	31	
País: 	United States	
Título: 	Economic Statistics and U.S. Agricultural Policy	
Autores: 	Gardner,   Bruce L.; Goodwin,   Barry K.; Ahearn,   Mary Clare.	
Data: 	2006-06-29	
Ano: 	2006	
Palavras-chave: 	Agricultural policy; Data collection and estimation; Economic history of U.S. agriculture; Agricultural and Food Policy; Q18; C8; N52.	
Resumo: 	Economic statistics can be used to inform policy as it is being designed, avoid policy design mistakes, or implement government programs once they are established into law. Oftentimes, statistics are used for all three purposes. This paper considers the relationships between statistics and agricultural policy in the case of the United States. We address first the broad historical picture of U.S. official economic statistics concerning agriculture, and then turn to selected examples that relate policies to economic statistics in more detail. The examples show diversity in the interplay between statistics and policy. As policies have become broader in scope, addressing not only farm commodity markets but also differences among farms and a widening set of activities on farms, policymakers have asked for more detailed information about the financial situation of individual farm businesses and households, sources of risk in farm returns, and production practices that affect the environment.	
Tipo: 	Conference Paper or Presentation	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	22774

http://purl.umn.edu/25498	
Editor: 	AgEcon Search	
Relação: 	International Association of Agricultural Economists&gt;2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia

Invited Panel Paper	
Formato: 	44

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