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Loan Programs, Target Prices, And Storage Subsidies

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  • Berck, Peter
  • Schmitz, Andrew

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In a simple model incorporating uncertainty and not risk aversion, loan programs and target price programs can stabilize prices; but if the programs' price is the nonprogram average price, the stabilized quantity will exceed the nonprogram average quantity. A target price program is more expansionary than a loan program. Without target prices in place, government storage subsidies is favored by producers; but with such a program, they oppose ,them.

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  • Berck, Peter & Schmitz, Andrew, 1982. "Loan Programs, Target Prices, And Storage Subsidies," 1982 Annual Meeting, August 1-4, Logan, Utah 279182, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:aaea82:279182
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.279182
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