Agriculture and European Union Enlargement. An Economic Research Service Report

摘要

Potential accession of a number of eastern and central European countries intothe European Union (EU) seems destined to lead to further reforms of the common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The financial costs of absorbing these countries may be extreme. This report documents the modeling framework (European Simulation Model, ESIM) used to analyze the 1992 CAP reform and discusses possible effects of enlargement.