Testing the link between public intervention and food price variability: evidence from rice markets in the Philippines
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Monthly price and stock data are used to test the influence of Philippine government buffer-stock programs on seasonal and annual variability of producer and consumer rice prices. The period examined is 1974-1990. NFA stock changes are shown to have had some stabilizing influence on seasonal and annual price changes, but the magnitude is small and not statistically significant.
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