Agricultural Protection in Developing Countries

Authors

Lilyan E. Fulginiti, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Richard K. Perrin, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

ORCID IDs

Richard K. Perrin

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

8-1-1992

Abstract

The present paper explores why farmers are taxed in poor countries and subsidized in rich countries. Using the economic theory of contests to come to an understanding of the incentives for agricultural protectionism, we first sketch a framework for an excludable and rivalrous rent. We then apply this framework to agricultural protectionism in developing countries.