Food-pricing policy in developing countries: further evidence on cereal producer prices
Taylor, D.S.
Food-pricing policy in developing countries: further evidence on cereal producer prices - 1991 - Printed
Recently, two independent studies have produced contradicting evidence regarding the extent of price discrimination in developing countries. The objective of this study is to reexamine the evidence of direct and indirect distortion in cereal producer prices. Nominal protection coefficients for wheat, maize, and rice are calculated for fifty-one developing countries spanning the period 1980-86. Black market exchange rates are used to adjust the nominal protection coefficients to reflect the indirect effect of price interventions through exchange rate policies. The results confirm the conventional wisdom that, although developing countries tend to
English
0002-9092
America
Cereals
Economic geography
Economic policies
Human nutrition
Marketing policies
Plant products
Policies
Price policies
Prices
Trade, marketing and distribution
92-020209
Food-pricing policy in developing countries: further evidence on cereal producer prices - 1991 - Printed
Recently, two independent studies have produced contradicting evidence regarding the extent of price discrimination in developing countries. The objective of this study is to reexamine the evidence of direct and indirect distortion in cereal producer prices. Nominal protection coefficients for wheat, maize, and rice are calculated for fifty-one developing countries spanning the period 1980-86. Black market exchange rates are used to adjust the nominal protection coefficients to reflect the indirect effect of price interventions through exchange rate policies. The results confirm the conventional wisdom that, although developing countries tend to
English
0002-9092
America
Cereals
Economic geography
Economic policies
Human nutrition
Marketing policies
Plant products
Policies
Price policies
Prices
Trade, marketing and distribution
92-020209