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Politics and Markets in the Articulation of Preferences for Attributes of the Rapidly Changing Food and Agricultural Sectors: Framing the Issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Charles W. Abdalla  and
James D. Shaffer
Charles W. Abdalla
Affiliation:
Agricultural Economics, The Pennsylvania State University
James D. Shaffer
Affiliation:
Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University
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Abstract

Industrialization of the food and agricultural sectors changes the pattern of external effects. Participants helped or harmed in the process attempt to influence outcomes through markets and politics. Decisions about property rights and boundaries determine benefits and burdens and the relative cost of animal agriculture in different jurisdictions. Prescriptions to redefine property rights are influenced by selective perception of rights to share in the benefits and be protected from costs. Political choices about the appropriate jurisdiction (state versus local) for addressing environmental and nuisance effects of animal agriculture affect whose preferences count and will influence the development of these sectors.

Keywords

animal agricultureenvironmentexternalitiesindustrializationinstitutionsjurisdictional boundariesregulationstate versus local policy
Type
Invited Paper Sessions
Information
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 29 , Issue 1 , July 1997 , pp. 57 - 71
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1997

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