Minimum prices and stabilization of agricultural prices

This work analyses the minimum price policy in Brazil. Some measures of pricespread are performed in monthly prices time-series to estimate the impact of the policy onthe series of rice and corn. The results suggest that changes in the price policy would notmodify the historical performance of the p...

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Autores: Carvalho, Maria Auxiliadora de, Silva, César Roberto Leite da
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:1993
País:Brasil
Recursos:EDITORA 34
Repositório:Revista de Economia Política
Idioma:português
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.centrodeeconomiapolitica.org:article/1314
Acesso em linha:https://centrodeeconomiapolitica.org.br/repojs/index.php/journal/article/view/1314
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Preço mínimo
agricultura
finanças agrícolas
Minimum price
agriculture
agricultural finance
Descrição
Resumo:This work analyses the minimum price policy in Brazil. Some measures of pricespread are performed in monthly prices time-series to estimate the impact of the policy onthe series of rice and corn. The results suggest that changes in the price policy would notmodify the historical performance of the price time-series for these crops, except the case ofthe intervention prices that has worked since 1988. JEL Classification: Q11; Q14.