Food prices, government subsidies and fiscal balances in south mediterranean countries

Development Policy Review

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 273-290

  Peeters, Marga ^a   Albers, Ronald ^a  

^a Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences NIAS KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Energy prices; Food prices; Government subsidies; Inflation; MENA; Public finances

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; ENERGY MARKET; FOOD MARKET; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INFLATION; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 84876304019     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dpr.12007     Document Type: Article

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