Rice policy, trade, and exchange rate changes in Indonesia: a general equilibrium analysis

cg.coverage.countryIndonesia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ID
cg.coverage.regionSouth-eastern Asia
cg.coverage.regionOceania
cg.creator.identifierSherman Robinson: 0000-0002-5478-9372
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Archive
cg.number27en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorRobinson, Shermanen
dc.contributor.authorEl-Said, Moatazen
dc.contributor.authorSan, Nu Nuen
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-21T09:54:26Zen
dc.date.available2024-11-21T09:54:26Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/161250
dc.titleRice policy, trade, and exchange rate changes in Indonesia: a general equilibrium analysisen
dcterms.abstractThis paper presents an agriculture-focused computable general equilibrium model that can be used to analyze the economy-wide impacts of changes in technology, market structure, and the foreign exchange rate on resource allocation, production, and trade in Indonesia. The model includes a specification of the rice market and the government price-support, stocking, and trade policies for rice. Using a mixed complementarity approach, the model incorporates inequalities and changes in policy regime as prices and/or stocks move within specified bands. The model is used to examine the impact on the Indonesian economy of changes in rice yield and exchange rates given different assumptions about the operations of BULOG (National Logistic Agency). An important result is that there is inefficient allocation of resources within agriculture and the rest of the economy if BULOG operates to maintain the rice price when there are significant increases in rice productivity or changes in the exchange rate. With increased productivity in rice, the price support scheme retains resources in rice production that would be better used in other, high value, agriculture. With devaluation, maintaining a low rice price discriminates against rice producers and hence slows the process of structural adjustment. In addition, the price support program is costly and strains the government accounts, even if the administrative costs of operating the program are ignored.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationRobinson, Sherman; El-Said, Moataz; San, Nu Nu. 1998. Rice policy, trade, and exchange rate changes in Indonesia;a general equilibrium analysis. TMD Discussion Paper 27. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161250en
dcterms.isPartOfTMD Discussion Paperen
dcterms.issued1998
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/125706en
dcterms.subjecteconometricsen
dcterms.subjectriceen
dcterms.subjectmarketingen
dcterms.subjecttrade policiesen
dcterms.subjectprice policyen
dcterms.subjectcomputable general equilibrium modelsen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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