The Cost of Export Subsidies : Evidence From Costa Rica /

This paper develops a model to estimate the effects of export subsidies on the supply of exports. Using data for Costa Rica over the 1980's, it is shown that while the export subsidy scheme in operation led to an increase in exports, the direct fiscal costs of the scheme were quite large. Furth...

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Autore principale: Hoffmaister, Willy
Natura: Periodico
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1991.
Serie:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1991/094
Accesso online:Full text available on IMF