The Intended and Unintended Effects of U.S. Agricultural and Biotechnology Policies.

• Position: Bureau Books - Conference notes

The Intended and Unintended Effects of U.S. Agricultural and Biotechnology Policies, edited by Joshua S. Graff Zivin and Jeffrey M. Perloff, is an NBER Conference Report that examines a wide range of policy issues that surround U.S. agriculture and the biofuel industry. Among the topics addressed are: how funds distributed by agricultural insurance programs were created to support farmers but often benefit crop processors instead; how the demand for biofuel could create uncertainty around agricultural prices; the ways in which genetically engineered crops might affect the competing goals of energy production, environmental protection, and maintenance of the global...