Abstract:
This study uses the quantity-based Allais-Debreu measure of loss to measure the waste, in output or resources, induced by interventions in the agricultural sector in 18 developing countries.
Keywords:Allais-Debreu; deadweight loss; LDC's; agricultural taxation (search for similar items in EconPapers) JEL-codes:Q (search for similar items in EconPapers) New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-agr Date: 2005-03-02 Note: Type of Document - pdf; pages: 10. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 19(2):327-336