The Economics of the Rice Premium (Preliminary) / D. Usher
Imprint
Bangkok : United States Operations Mission, 1965
Descript
39 pages
SUMMARY
Discusses the nature of the rice premium. Considers the effects of the rice premium on prices and the cost of living; on the distribution of income and the tax burden; on the output of manufacturers and agriculture; on the diversification of agriculture, and the use of fertilizer; on the stability of farm income; on the export price of Thai rice; and on the balance of payments and the foreign exchange rate. Deals with ways of altering the rice premium and alternative sources of tax revenue. Discusses the special fund for agriculture and fertilizer subsidization. Appendices deal with farmers' income and the rice premium. [TAIC]