THE ANDEAN PRICE BAND SYSTEM: EFFECTS ON PRICES, PROTECTION AND PRODUCER WELFARE



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benefits to producers. However, it has only been able to mitigate and delay the impacts of
extreme fluctuations in international commodity prices. Even with its “long memory”, the
APBS, as currently structured, cannot reverse the impacts of long-run declines in real
international commodity prices.

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