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Agriculture, growth, and redistribution of income : policy analysis with a general equilibrium model of India
Title:
Agriculture, growth, and redistribution of income : policy analysis with a general equilibrium model of India
Author:
Narayana, N. S. S.
ISBN:
9781483291062
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Publication Information:
Amsterdam ; New York : North Holland : Distributors for the U.S. and Canada Elsevier Science Pub. Co., 1991.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvi, 301 pages) : illustrations.
Series:
Contributions to economic analysis ; 190
Contributions to economic analysis ; 190.
Contents:
Front Cover; Agriculture, Growth and Redistribution of Income: Policy Analysis with a General Equilibrium Modelof India; Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; CHAPTER 1. A FRAMEWORK FOR POLICY ANALYSIS; 1.1. Guiding Principles of India's Development; 1.2. Problems in Policy Formulation; 1.3. Desiderata for Policy Analysis; 1.4. Planning for National Development; 1.5. Modeling an Open and Mixed Economy; 1.6. Policy Analysis with an AGM; 1.7. Scope and Plan of the Book; CHAPTER 2. INDIAN ECONOMY AND AGRICULTURE SINCE INDEPENDENCE
(D) Retail Prices, Raw Prices and Processing Margins(e) Tax-Rate; (f) Commodity Prices; Appendix 3.4: Some Econometric Issues in Estimation; (a) Crop Revenue Expectations; (b) Acreage Responses; (c) Yield Functions; (d) Groupwise and Cropwise Irrigated Area; (e) Distribution of Population and Income across Classes; Appendix 3.5: Sources of Data; Appendix 3.6: The Estimated Equations and Parameters of the Model; Appendix 3.7: Construction of Cropwise Rainfall Indices; CHAPTER 4. SCHEME OF ANALYSIS AND THE REFERENCE SCENARIO; 4.1. Need for and Specification of a Reference Scenario
4.2. Indicators for Comparison of Scenarios4.3. The Reference Scenario -- Specification; 4.4. The Reference Scenario -- Results; 4.5. The Reference Scenario: Concluding Summary; CHAPTER 5. PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION POLICIES; 5.1. The Issues; 5.2. Public Distribution System; 5.3. Specifications of Alternative Policies and Scenarios; 5.4. The Results; 5.5. Conclusions; CHAPTER 6. FOREIGN TRADE AND AID POLICIES; 6.1. Indian Foreign Trade and Payment Policies; 6.2. Foodgrains Imports; 6.3. Foreign Aid; 6.4. The Scenarios; 6.5. The Results; CHAPTER 7. RURAL WORKS PROGRAMS; 7.1 Why a Rural Works Program?
7.2. Rural Works Programs in India: The Experience7.3. The Issues; 7.4. Specification of Rural Works Program Scenarios; 7.5. The Results; 7.6. Impact on Growth and Hunger; 7.7. Impact of the Size of the Program; 7.8. RWP without Additional Taxes or Aid; 7.9. Effect of Targeting Failure and Investment Inefficiencies; 7.10. RWP as a Mechanism for Targeted Redistribution; 7.11. Conclusions; CHAPTER 8. TERMS OF TRADE POLICIES; 8.1. The Issues; 8.2. The Scenarios; 8.3. The Results; 8.4. Concluding Remarks; CHAPTER 9. FERTILIZER SUBSIDY; 9.1. The Issues; 9.2. The Scenarios
CHAPTER 3. A POLICY MODEL FOR AGRICULTURE, GROWTH AND REDISTRIBUTION OF INCOME (AGRI MODEL)3.1. Supply Sub-Models; 3.2. Demography; 3.3. Distribution of Endowments and Population among Consumer Expenditure Classes; 3.4. Demand Sub-Model: Private Final Consumption; 3.5. Policy Sub-Models; 3.6. Exchange; 3.7. Scope, Limitations and Concluding Remarks; Appendix 3.1: Sectors and Commodities in the Model; Appendix 3.2: Updating of Expenditure Class Boundaries; Appendix 3.3: Government Policy Specifications, Bounds and Prices; (a) Stocks; (b) Consumptions; (c) Prices
Abstract:
This book presents an empirically estimated applied general equilibrium model for India and the analysis of a wide range of policy issues carried out using the model. The various chapters in the book deal with public distribution policies, foreign trade and aid policies, rural works programmes, terms of trade policies, fertilizer subsidy policies and irrigation development policies. These policies are analysed in terms of their immediate and medium term effects on production, consumption and prices of different commodities, on the growth of the economy as well as on the distribution of income.
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Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Shelf Location | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HD2073 .N37 1991 | 1180752-1001 | Elsevier E-Book Collections | Searching... |
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