The Corn Price Surge: Impacts on Rural Mexico

We use an agent-based, general-equilibrium model to explore the impacts of world corn-price increases on land use and income in rural Mexico. In the model, interactions among heterogeneous agents within a local context shape both macro and microeconomic outcomes. Results suggest that subsistence act...

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Veröffentlicht in:	World development 2011-10, Vol.39 (10), p.1878-1887
Hauptverfasser:	Dyer, George A., Taylor, J. Edward
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Agency theory Agricultural Development Agricultural economics Agricultural production Agriculture Benefits Biofuels Corn Crops Deforestation Economic development Food Food prices Food production Households Income Land Use Land utilization Latin America Maize Mexico Population Price increases Prices Regions Rural Areas Rural conditions Studies
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