Effects of Including Agricultural Products in the Customs Union between Turkey and the EU

The inclusion of agricultural products in the current customs union is one of the potential future steps on the road to further political and economic integration between Turkey and the EU. This book examines the effects of such integration of agricultural markets on the Turkish agricultural sector as well as on consumers and the Turkish budget. Results are compared to alternative options for Turkish agricultural policy. To this aim, a detailed partial equilibrium model of the Turkish agricultural sector is developed. The complete liberalization of the agricultural sector is found to lead to significant welfare gains compared to the maintenance of current policies. It appears that including agricultural products in the customs union results in similar results with few but significant exemptions.

Autorentext

The Author: Harald Grethe studied agricultural economics at the University of Göttingen. He received his Ph.D. from the Institute of Agricultural Economics of the University of Göttingen, where he worked as research fellow on numerous research projects in the areas of regional trade integration, multilateral trade liberalization in the WTO process, Common Agricultural Policy of the EU, and concerns of developing countries in international agricultural trade. Currently, the author is an Assistant Professor for International Agricultural Trade and Development at Humboldt University of Berlin.

Inhalt
Contents: Agricultural Markets and Policies in Turkey and the European Union Development and Status of Agricultural Trade Relations between Turkey and the EU Future Agricultural Trade Relations between Turkey and the EU Qualification and Structure of the Turkish Agricultural Sector Model for Policy Analysis Behavioral Parameters Data Set for Model Calibration Projection Scenarios Results of Policy Simulations.