Rice in Indonesia

Price Policy and Comparative Advantage

Bibliographic Data

ID8416687
AuthorsIfzal Ali (Asian Development Bank, corresponding author)
Year1987
Volume23
Issue3
Pages80-99
Publication date1987-12-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-4918 • E-ISSN: 1472-7234
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00074918712331335271
OpenAlexW2049115123
LanguageEN
References cited5

Indonesia's remarkable success in increasing rice production has been achieved through deliberate government intervention. This paper highlights the price policy interventions in the Output and input markets for rice. Summary measures of these interventions are estimated and their impact on private profitability is determined. Economic profitability of paddy and rice production is also estimated for selected regions and these estimates are used to pinpoint comparative advantage across. regions. Additional informationNotes on contributorsIfzal Ali I am thankful to Messrs. E. Campbell, N. K. Kohli, M. Dowling, J. Roberts, H. Hill and two anonymous referees for very helpful comments on an earlier draft. They are in no way responsible for errors that remain. I am grateful to Ms. Y. Azarcon and A. Pardo for competent research assistance. The views and interpretations in this paper are those of the author and not necessarily those of the Asian Development Bank. The paper was completed in mid-1986, and does not consider the impact of the September 1986 devaluation of the rupiah

Agricultural economics · Business · Comparative advantage · Currency · Devaluation · Economic interventionism · Economics · Government (linguistics) · International trade · Intervention (counseling) · Macroeconomics · Political science · Production (economics) · Profitability index · Agricultural Economics and Policy · Economic Growth and Fiscal Policies · Finance · Global Trade and Competitiveness

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