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Efficiency and Equity in the Producer Levy of India
Author(s) -
Hayami Yujiro,
Otsuka Keijiro,
Subbarao K.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.2307/1240574
Subject(s) - equity (law) , economics , economic interventionism , distribution (mathematics) , incentive , income distribution , government (linguistics) , microeconomics , mathematics , inequality , political science , law , mathematical analysis , linguistics , philosophy , politics
India's producer levy scheme has been considered a prime example of government market intervention to depress price incentives for farm producers. Analysis in this study shows that the scheme increases the average producer price for the short run with inelastic supply. In this case, significant improvements in income distribution can be obtained with little loss of economic efficiency if the scheme is implemented effectively. However, if the scheme is applied for the long run, it might result in market instability. More critically, the scheme is likely to have an adverse effect on income distribution in the absence of effective implementation.