An evaluation of Malaysian agricultural commodity protection

In order to promote import substitution of food crops and to influence the exports of primary commodities Malaysia has used a range of instrumental variables including import duties, quotas, export taxes and producer price supports. To measure the incentive impact of such policies on agricultural pr...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Singapore economic review
1. Verfasser: Wells, Raymond J. G. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: 1983
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Importsubstitution > Lebensmittel > Exportförderung > Agrarprodukt > Malaysia
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Zusammenfassung:In order to promote import substitution of food crops and to influence the exports of primary commodities Malaysia has used a range of instrumental variables including import duties, quotas, export taxes and producer price supports. To measure the incentive impact of such policies on agricultural producers, Nominal Protection Coefficients for three importables and four exportables were computed. The results indicate that exportables were negatively protected
ISSN:0217-5908