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Government Intervention in Soviet Agriculture: Estimates of Consumer and Producer Subsidy Equivalents

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  • Cook, Edward C.
  • Liefert, William M.
  • Koopman, Robert

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Government intervention in agriculture in the USSR is substantial. Data on agricultural policy programs for 1986 indicate large subsidies accruing simultaneously to producers and consumers. The most significant subsidy channel in the USSR is the system of prices. Domestic consumer prices are administratively held well below world market levels, while domestic producer prices are generally above world market levels. Since 1986, the overall amount of support to agriculture in the USSR has increased. Subsidies to producers though, have declined, while subsidies to consumers have increased significantly.

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  • Cook, Edward C. & Liefert, William M. & Koopman, Robert, 1991. "Government Intervention in Soviet Agriculture: Estimates of Consumer and Producer Subsidy Equivalents," Staff Reports 278588, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerssr:278588
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.278588
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    1. Liefert, William M., 1991. "An Elasticities Approach to Estimating Excess Demand in Price-Controlled Markets," Miscellaneous Publications 333357, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Koopman, Robert B., 1990. "Potential Impact on World Agricultural Markets of Policy Reform in Central and Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union," 1990: The Environment, Government Policies, and International Trade Meeting, December 1990, San Diego, CA 50881, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium.
    3. Sedik, David J. & Liefert, William M. & Liapis, Peter S., 1997. "Economic Reform in the Newly Independent States of the Former USSR: Effects on Agricultural Production and Trade to 2005," 1997: Economic Transition in Central and East Europe, and the Former Soviet Union: Implications ... Symposium, June 12-14, 1997, Berlin, Germany 50844, International Agricultural Trade Research Consortium.
    4. Scott Rozelle & Johan F.M. Swinnen, 2004. "Success and Failure of Reform: Insights from the Transition of Agriculture," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 42(2), pages 404-456, June.
    5. Liefert, William M. & Liefert, Olga, 2007. "Distortions to Agricultural Incentives in Russia," Agricultural Distortions Working Paper Series 48386, World Bank.

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