The rise and decline of rent-seeking activity in the Brazilian coffee sector: Lessons from the imposition and removal of coffee export quotas

World Development

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1881-1903

  Jarvis, Lovell S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Export tax rebates; International Coffee Agreement; Rent seeking; South America

Indexed keywords

COFFEE; EXPORT; RENT CONTROL; TAX REFORM;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27644496405     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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