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Kan reformen av CAP minska ekonomiska gap?

Eriksson, Sofi LU and Harfeldt, Lovisa LU (2015) NEKH01 20151
Department of Economics
Abstract (Swedish)
This essay is an analysis of the EU Common Agricultural Policy reform of 2003 and its impact on the economic growth and income distribution in African countries. In what follows we outline the most significant effects of the reform, and its purpose. A regression analysis using panel data is conducted to investigate the reform’s impact on economic growth in the examined countries. The effect on income distribution is analysed by testing the change in GINI-index, before and after the reform, with a Wilcoxon signed rank test. The result of the regression analysis indicates a significant increase in the economic growth rate explained by the CAP-reform. Testing the change in income distribution did not generate a significant result and... (More)
This essay is an analysis of the EU Common Agricultural Policy reform of 2003 and its impact on the economic growth and income distribution in African countries. In what follows we outline the most significant effects of the reform, and its purpose. A regression analysis using panel data is conducted to investigate the reform’s impact on economic growth in the examined countries. The effect on income distribution is analysed by testing the change in GINI-index, before and after the reform, with a Wilcoxon signed rank test. The result of the regression analysis indicates a significant increase in the economic growth rate explained by the CAP-reform. Testing the change in income distribution did not generate a significant result and therefore we cannot conclude that the reform has affected the income gap in the investigated countries. (Less)
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author
Eriksson, Sofi LU and Harfeldt, Lovisa LU
supervisor
organization
course
NEKH01 20151
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
CAP-reform, African agriculture, EU, income distribution, economic growth, regression analysis.
language
Swedish
id
5472317
date added to LUP
2015-06-30 15:29:49
date last changed
2015-06-30 15:29:49
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  abstract     = {{This essay is an analysis of the EU Common Agricultural Policy reform of 2003 and its impact on the economic growth and income distribution in African countries. In what follows we outline the most significant effects of the reform, and its purpose. A regression analysis using panel data is conducted to investigate the reform’s impact on economic growth in the examined countries. The effect on income distribution is analysed by testing the change in GINI-index, before and after the reform, with a Wilcoxon signed rank test. The result of the regression analysis indicates a significant increase in the economic growth rate explained by the CAP-reform. Testing the change in income distribution did not generate a significant result and therefore we cannot conclude that the reform has affected the income gap in the investigated countries.}},
  author       = {{Eriksson, Sofi and Harfeldt, Lovisa}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Kan reformen av CAP minska ekonomiska gap?}},
  year         = {{2015}},
}