Alternative Policies to Agricultural Export Taxes That Are Less Market Distorting

William Liefert ; Paul Westcott

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: Export restrictions;    export taxes;    agricultural trade;    free trade;    trade policy;   

RP-ID  :  ERR-187

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

Many economists believe that export restrictions increase world prices for food commodities, thereby exacerbating food insecurity and poverty among the world's poorest people. The authors examine alternative policies to a conventional export tax that are less market distorting and less welfare diminishing.