Fiscal cost and welfare effects of the maize subsidy

The Mexican government has been involved in regulating the prices of staples since the 1930s.1 Formally, the dual objectives of this long-standing intervention have been to protect the rural campesinos (peasants) against speculators and drastic decreases in agricultural prices and to protect poor ur...

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Autor principal: Lustig, Nora
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 1988
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161111

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