COSTS, BENEFITS AND INCOME REDISTRIBUTION FROM LIBERIAN RICE POLICIES

Luther Tweeten and Boima Rogers

No 278416, 1986 Annual Meeting, July 27-30, Reno, Nevada from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: This paper estimates the contribution of rice policies to the level and distribution of income among producers, consumers, and the public sector. The results show that rice market policies transferred income from consumers to producers and to the public sector. Losses to consumers more than offset gains to producers and the public sector, however. Thus, rice market interventions reduced total income in Liberia. This and other papers in this series suggest agricultural policy alternatives that would accomplish objectives of income redistribution and rice price stabilization while adding to income of Liberia. These 'alternatives can help in formulating an overall Liberian agricultural policy.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; International Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23
Date: 1986-07
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.278416

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