摘要：In his comments to our earlier article ("Will Policy Changes Usher in a New Era of Increased Agricultural Market Variability?" Second Quarter 1998), Carl Zulauf has raised a number of points concerning price and income variability under the 1996 farm bill ("Letters," Third Quarter 1998). He cites data that show that the net returns to farm program participants were less variable than net returns of nonparticipants during the period 1986-95. He then concludes that the 1996 farm bill will lead to more variability, in part due to the elimination of acreage set-aside authorities.
