TY  - JA
AU  - Taylor,D.S.
AU  - Phillips,T.P.
TI  - Food-pricing policy in developing countries:  further evidence on cereal producer prices
SN  - 0002-9092
U1  - 92-020209 
PY  - 1991///
KW  - America
KW  - Cereals
KW  - AGROVOC
KW  - Economic geography
KW  - Economic policies
KW  - Human nutrition
KW  - Marketing policies
KW  - Plant products
KW  - Policies
KW  - Price policies
KW  - Prices
KW  - Trade, marketing and distribution
N2  - 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
T2  - American Journal of Agricultural Economics
ER  -