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associated with responses to questions about income and consumption adequacy. Results show that isolation is associated with a … significant reduction in subjective assessments of income and consumption adequacy, even after controlling for consumption … consumption may seriously underestimate the subjective welfare cost of isolation, and hence will tend to bias downward the …
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(income tax) and nontariff indirect taxation (neutral excise taxes, MODVAT, and preferably the value-added tax on consumption). …
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The authors analyze the U.S. demandfor Bangladeshi imports for products restricted under the Multifiber Arrangement. Because Bangladesh is only a small supplier of these products and Latin American and Asian countries can supply close substitutes, the authors expected a high elasticity of demand...
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off-farm employment; household consumption of crops produced on the farm; and household consumption of non-food goods … differential buying and selling prices, fixed subsistence consumption constraints, participation in wage market labor, smuggling in …
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This paper reviews 70 estimates of the price elasticity of demand for many different transport modes and market situations. The paper presents figures separately for passenger and freight transport and include estimates of both own-price and mode choice elasticities. It also presents some...
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India's government procures agricultural products such as rice, wheat, and sugar at below-market prices and sells them in both urban and rural ration shops. The rest of such crops is sold in the open market. This creates a two-tier price system for consumers and producers. Many (including...
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The authors explore the argument that trade between the Mercosur countries should be stimulated by preferential policies because of their geographic proximity. That is, that the Mercosur countries are candidates for natural integration. They find that, on average, transportation margins on trade...
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scenarios, for Mozambique. An applied general equilibrium model, which accounts for high marketing margins and home consumption …
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How useful and relevant are the results of standard optimal commodity tax models when one or more commodities are rationed? This paper investigates the implications of optimal commodity taxation under rationing. In a single person economy, optimal policy dictates that the rationed commodity...
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classification of households based on the asset index and consumption expenditures but also that the evidence is consistent with the …--than consumption expenditures. The relationship between household wealth and educational enrollment of children can be estimated …
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