TESTING THE LINK BETWEEN PUBLIC INTERVENTION AND FOOD PRICE VARIABILITY: EVIDENCE FROM RICE MARKETS IN THE PHILIPPINES

Elmer Martinez, Gerald Shively () and William Masters

No 20883, 1998 Annual meeting, August 2-5, Salt Lake City, UT from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: Monthly price data from the Philippines are used to test the influence of government buffer-stock programs on the level and variability of rice prices from 1974-1990. Results do not support the conjecture that prices were correlated with stock purchases.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13
Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.20883

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