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Food-pricing policy in developing countries: further evidence on cereal producer prices

By: Contributor(s): Material type: ArticleArticleLanguage: En Publication details: 1991ISSN:
  • 0002-9092
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 92-020209
 In: American Journal of Agricultural Economics v. 73, no. 4, p. 1036-104392-020209, 625540Summary: 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
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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

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