The Economics of Regulation in Agriculture: Compliance with Public and Private Standards

1. Introduction; PART I - PUBLIC CONCERNS - A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE; 2. The role of cross compliance in greening EU agricultural policy; 3. State and federal responses to increasing input intensity in the USA; 4. Canadian agricultural environmental policy: from the right to farm to farming right; 5. Decentralized, outcome oriented management of agricultural environmental issues in New Zealand; 6. Voluntary certification and legal standards in the EU; PART II - TRADE, COMPETITIVENESS AND PUBLIC CONCERNS - A COMMODITY APPROACH; 7. Environmental and health standards in the dairy sectors of the European Union and the United States; 8. An EU/US perspective on nutrient management policies and growth hormone bans in the beef sector; 9. Good agricultural and environmental conditions in the EU and their implications for international trade in cereals; 10. Trade effects of environmental and animal welfare standards in the hog sectors of the European Union, United States and Canada; 11. Environmental standards in the fruits and vegetables sector of Spain; PART III - EMERGING POLICY PERSPECTIVES; 12. Evaluating WTO institutions for resolving trade disputes involving non-tariff measures: four cases involving Brazil; 13. Meeting standards in EU agriculture: the changing policy context; 14. The pollution haven hypothesis and the location of livestock production: two North American case studies; 15. Cost effectiveness of sediment abatement policies in potato production: assessing policies in Canada, the Netherlands and the U.S.; 16. Environmental compliance costs in developed country agricultures: implications for trade and competitiveness.