Deregulation and the crisis of dairy markets in Europe: facts for economic interpretation

Thierry Pouch (1) , Aurélie Trouvé (2)

1 REGARDS - Recherches en Économie Gestion AgroRessources Durabilité Santé- EA 6292
2 PRODIG (UMR_8586 / UMR_D_215 / UM_115) - Pôle de recherche pour l'organisation et la diffusion de l'information géographique

The European Union is currently experiencing a structural crisis of overproduction in the dairy sector, following a rapid and far-reaching deregulation of markets. No agricultural policy tool so far has been able to solve this crisis in a coordinated way on a European scale. This inability of European authorities is linked to the use of economic theories that deny the possibility of such a crisis.

Mots clés: Agricultural policy; deregulation; European Union; dairy markets; EU

Domaines: Economies et finances

Thierry Pouch, Aurélie Trouvé. Deregulation and the crisis of dairy markets in Europe: facts for economic interpretation. Studies in Political Economy, 2018, 99 (2), pp.194-212. ⟨10.1080/07078552.2018.1492216⟩. ⟨hal-02050761⟩