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Regional Protection Rates for Food Commodities in Russia: Producer and Consumer Perspectives

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  • Melyukhina, Olga
  • Qaim, Matin
  • Wehrheim, Peter

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This paper examines producer- and consumer-protection measures for a set of food commodities in three Russian oblasts. Secondary data for the period 1992-95 show that agricultural producers were taxed but at a diminishing rate. Secondary sources for 1995, supplemented by a comprehensive household survey reveal significant subsidisation for food staples such as bread, sugar and milk on the consumer side, which reflects attempts by regional governments to buffer the negative consequences of rapid price increases resulting from food price liberalisation in 1993. Since most of these transfers are absorbed by the wealthier segments of the population, however, more efficient alternatives should be sought. The implied producer taxation and consumer subsidisation can be attributed mainly to poor economic institutions and infrastructure, rather than to trade and sectoral policies. Copyright 1998 by Oxford University Press.

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  • Melyukhina, Olga & Qaim, Matin & Wehrheim, Peter, 1998. "Regional Protection Rates for Food Commodities in Russia: Producer and Consumer Perspectives," European Review of Agricultural Economics, Oxford University Press and the European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation, vol. 25(3), pages 395-411.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:erevae:v:25:y:1998:i:3:p:395-411
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    1. Wehrheim, P., 2001. "Die Integration Russlands in die WTO: Folgen für die Landwirtschaft," Proceedings “Schriften der Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues e.V.”, German Association of Agricultural Economists (GEWISOLA), vol. 37.
    2. Michael Kopsidis, 2000. "Disintegration of Russian Grain Markets in Transition: Political and Economic Dimensions," Post-Communist Economies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(1), pages 47-60.
    3. Peter Wehrheim & Doris Wiesmann, 2006. "Food security analysis and policies for transition countries," The Electronic Journal of Agricultural and Development Economics, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, vol. 3(2), pages 112-143.

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