DO GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES STABILIZE OR DESTABILIZE AGRICULTURAL MARKETS?

Akio Matsumoto

Contemporary Economic Policy, 1998, vol. 16, issue 4, 452-466

Abstract: This study examines the effect of government intervention on output fluctuations in agricultural markets. It uses a simple model of supply and demand (i.e., a cobweb model), in which the government supports producers for agricultural goods in the form of subsidies. Within this framework, this study demonstrates that government intervention is a two‐edged sword: it not only prevents the output dynamics from explosive oscillations but also causes highly irregular and persistent fluctuations somewhat like the one observed in the actual data.

Date: 1998
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