Peasants and Governments
Clarendon Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-828621-9 (ISBN)
This book is the first of two companion volumes by these authors on trade shocks in controlled economies. Both theoretically innovative and drawing on extensive applied work, it addresses a number of issues in the forefront of economics, principally the relationship between macro and micro economics, by analysing the impact of an external macro shock - the coffee price boom - on each of two developing countries which have much in common but whose governmental organizations and objectives differ sharply.
The authors focus on three important ways in which governments affect peasants: setting crop prices; controlling access to consumer goods; and provision of public services. They address these three areas using microeconomic analysis and household survey data collected in Kenya and Tanzania. Much of the analysis is relevant for a wide class of developing countries.
Introduction; Part I: The Peasant Economies of Kenya and Tanzania: Peasant farming in Kenya, 1974-1982; Peasant farming in Tanzania, 1969-1983; Part II: Peasants and Price Volatility: Theory and an Application to Kenya: Introduction to Part II; The response to price windfalls: Some theoretical considerations; Responses to price changes in Kenya; A comparison with Tanzania; Part III: Peasant Supply Response to Shortages: Theory and an Application to Tanzania: Introduction to Part III; The theory of peasant supply response under shortages; Time series tests of aggregate supply response; Cross-section tests of household supply response; Conclusion to Part III; Part IV: Peasants and Public Services: Introduction to Part IV; The distribution of public services in Kenya and Tanzania; An analysis of the effects of public service provision; Peasants and governments; Appendix: The rural surveys
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 25.1.1990 |
|---|---|
| Co-Autor | Arne Bigstein, Paul Horsnell |
| Zusatzinfo | line illustrations, tables |
| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 242 mm |
| Gewicht | 747 g |
| Themenwelt | Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Mikroökonomie | |
| Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-828621-X / 019828621X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-828621-9 / 9780198286219 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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