Price versus Quota Reductions: U.S. Flue-Cured Tobacco Policy

Autor: A. Blake Brown, Laura L. Martin
Rok vydání: 1996
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Zdroj: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. 28:445-452
ISSN: 2056-7405
1074-0708
DOI: 10.1017/s1074070800007434
Popis: Declining domestic cigarette consumption, increased global competition, and loss of import restrictions indicate decreased demand for U.S. flue-cured tobacco. The effects of 10% declines in domestic and export demand are evaluated under a policy of reducing quota to maintain price versus a policy of allowing price to fall to maintain quota. Changes in prices, quantities, revenues, and economic rents are simulated. Losses to nonfarming quota owners are minimized under a policy of price maintenance, while losses in revenues to tobacco-producing areas are minimized by a policy of quota maintenance. Aggregate losses to tobacco growers are greater under a policy of quota maintenance.
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