"Tyers and Anderson are in the forefront of studies on the international economics of agriculture, and this work is a powerful amalgam of their individual and joint contributions over the past ten years." Asian-Pacific Economic Literature

• List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and glossary; Symbols; Introduction and Summary; Part I. World Food Markets and their Behaviour: 1. Changing patterns of world food prices, production and trade; 2. Distortionary policies affecting food markets; 3. Reasons for the pattern of food price distortions; Part II. Effects of Food Market Distortions: 4. The theory of food market distortions: a graphical approach; 5. A model of world food market behaviour; 6. Effects of existing policies; Part III. Food Policy Reform: 7. Effects of gradual liberalization of OECD food markets; 8. Economic reform in the centrally planned economies: the great enigma; 9. Policy implications and prospects for reform; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

"Tyers and Anderson are in the forefront of studies on the international economics of agriculture, and this work is a powerful amalgam of their individual and joint contributions over the past ten years." Asian-Pacific Economic Literature

• List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and glossary; Symbols; Introduction and Summary; Part I. World Food Markets and their Behaviour: 1. Changing patterns of world food prices, production and trade; 2. Distortionary policies affecting food markets; 3. Reasons for the pattern of food price distortions; Part II. Effects of Food Market Distortions: 4. The theory of food market distortions: a graphical approach; 5. A model of world food market behaviour; 6. Effects of existing policies; Part III. Food Policy Reform: 7. Effects of gradual liberalization of OECD food markets; 8. Economic reform in the centrally planned economies: the great enigma; 9. Policy implications and prospects for reform; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

"Tyers and Anderson are in the forefront of studies on the international economics of agriculture, and this work is a powerful amalgam of their individual and joint contributions over the past ten years." Asian-Pacific Economic Literature

• List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and glossary; Symbols; Introduction and Summary; Part I. World Food Markets and their Behaviour: 1. Changing patterns of world food prices, production and trade; 2. Distortionary policies affecting food markets; 3. Reasons for the pattern of food price distortions; Part II. Effects of Food Market Distortions: 4. The theory of food market distortions: a graphical approach; 5. A model of world food market behaviour; 6. Effects of existing policies; Part III. Food Policy Reform: 7. Effects of gradual liberalization of OECD food markets; 8. Economic reform in the centrally planned economies: the great enigma; 9. Policy implications and prospects for reform; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.