Importing High Food Prices by Exporting: Rice Prices in Lao PDR

dc.contributor.authorDurevall, Dick
dc.contributor.authorvan der Weide, Roy
dc.contributor.organizationDept. of Economics, University of Gothenburgsv
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-25T10:40:35Z
dc.date.available2014-11-25T10:40:35Z
dc.date.issued2014-11
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.identifier.issn1403-2465
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2077/37520
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

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