 Stabilization and welfare with trade, variable levies and internal price policies*David Bigman European Review of Agricultural Economics, 1980, vol. 7, issue 2, 185-202 Abstract: This paper analyzes the effects of different internal price and trade policies on the consumption, production and prices of agricultural primary products. Government policies are evaluated in the light of their effect on price stability, on the stability of supply flows, on income in the farm sector and on the overall welfare and distribution of national income. The study analyzes both individual and combined policies on the basis of these performance criteria and shows that trade and the use of variable levies to stabilize the domestic market through trade are indeed very powerful and efficient ways of achieving the goals of agricultural policies. At the same time, however, these policies may have undesirable side effects to which the policy maker should be alert. Date: 1980 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:oup:erevae:v:7:y:1980:i:2:p:185-202. Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article European Review of Agricultural Economics is currently edited by Timothy Richards, Salvatore Di Falco, Céline Nauges and Vincenzina Caputo More articles in European Review of Agricultural Economics from Oxford University Press and the European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation Oxford University Press, Great Clarendon Street, Oxford OX2 6DP, UK. Contact information at EDIRC. |
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