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Redistribution And Free Trade In Agriculture: Are They Complementary?

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The purpose of the paper is to look at the welfare effects of trade in agricultural goods in a less developed country where the agricultural market is controlled by a handful of large farmers. It is shown that the success of trade reform depends on the distribution of output between large and small farmers and the success of land reform leading to redistribution from the large to the small farmers depends on trade reform. In other words, if undertaken in isolation, each reform might lead to a fall in welfare, but if jointly undertaken, they will lead to an increase in welfare. Thus the two reforms are complementary.

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  • Abhirup Sarkar, 2008. "Redistribution And Free Trade In Agriculture: Are They Complementary?," Metroeconomica, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 59(2), pages 212-237, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:metroe:v:59:y:2008:i:2:p:212-237
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-999X.2007.00301.x
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