Price and Tax Subsidies : Effectiveness and Challenges

• Tác giả: Fiona Mackintosh
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 337.4 International economics
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 319878
• Chủ đề: 1. ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES; 2. AGRICULTURE; 3. COMMODITIES; 4. COMMODITY SUBSIDIES; 5. CONSUMER CHOICE

Tóm tắt

Many governments use price and tax subsidization to meet social protection objectives. They endeavor to reduce the cost of living for their population-or for a subset of the population-by subsidizing the price of goods or services in lieu of, or in addition to, direct income transfers. While these subsidies may distort production incentives, subsidize the non-poor more than the poor, and limit consumer choice, there are reasons why a government may choose to use some forms of pricing policy rather than make income transfers to help the poor.