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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| Format: | Book Chapter |
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International Food Policy Research Institute
1988
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161111 |
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