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dc.contributor.authorDurevall, Dick
dc.contributor.authorvan der Weide, Roy
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-25T10:40:35Z
dc.date.available2014-11-25T10:40:35Z
dc.date.issued2014-11
dc.identifier.issn1403-2465
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2077/37520
dc.descriptionJEL: Q11, Q17, Q18, F15sv
dc.description.abstractThis paper shows how a developing country, Lao PDR, imports high glutinous rice prices by exporting its staple food to neighboring countries, Vietnam and Thailand. Lao PDR has extensive export controls on rice, generating a sizable difference between domestic and international prices. Controls are relaxed after good harvests, leading to a surge in exports early in the season and rapidly rising prices later in the year. There is thus a strong case for removal of trade restrictions since they give rise to price spikes, keep the long-term price of glutinous rice low, and thereby hinder increases in income from agriculture. Although this is a case study of Lao PDR, the findings may equally apply to other developing countries that export their staple food.sv
dc.format.extent39sv
dc.language.isoengsv
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorking Papers in Economicssv
dc.relation.ispartofseries607sv
dc.subjectexportssv
dc.subjectfood pricessv
dc.subjectfree tradesv
dc.subjectrice pricessv
dc.subjectrice marketssv
dc.subjectsticky ricesv
dc.subjectwelfaresv
dc.titleImporting High Food Prices by Exporting: Rice Prices in Lao PDRsv
dc.typeTextsv
dc.type.svepreportsv
dc.contributor.organizationDept. of Economics, University of Gothenburgsv


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