Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/43856 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Diskussionsbeitrag No. 1008
Publisher: 
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Department für Agrarökonomie und Rurale Entwicklung (DARE), Göttingen
Abstract: 
The 2003 reforms of the Common Agricultural policy of the European Union introduced decoupled income transfers as the most prominent policy instrument. However, member states were given substantial discretion over the degree and timing of the reform implementation. As a result, different implementation schemes coexist within the EU, keeping certain parts of the income support coupled to current production levels. This coexistence leads to distortions of production incentives, factor misallocations, and artificial trade flows. Here, we examine these effects in the beef sector where full decoupling was not obligatory for all member states. Based on a cost minimization framework, we derive a sector-specific trade model with heterogeneous firms and quality differences. The model is used to examine the effects of different implementation schemes on intra-European calf trade. Empirical results confirm that the expected distortions to trade flows occured, violating the fundamental CAP principle of Market Unity.
Subjects: 
2003 CAP Reform
Partial Decoupling
Intra-European Calf Trade
Gravity Model
Heterogeneous Firms Trade Model
JEL: 
F13
F14
Q17
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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