Food prices and the efficiency of public intervention: The case of the public distribution system in India

Food Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 419-436

  Ramaswami, B ^b   Balakrishnan, P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT KOZHIKODE   (India)

^b INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Food Policy; Food Prices; Food Subsidies

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; FOOD POLICY; PRICING POLICY; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

INDIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0036826134     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9192(02)00047-7     Document Type: Article

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