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Because measures to stimulate export production are often part of economic adjustment programs, the possible repercussions in particular commodity markets of collective actions by producers to encourage exports merit study. A simplified model is developed and used to simulate supply-side policies in the world market for a primary commodity to explore the policies' effects on prices, volumes, and export receipts over a decade. Although the potential for adverse effects exists, this finding is not an argument against devaluation, since the beneficial effects of such a policy in other areas might outweigh the short-run effect on major commodity exports.
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Wattleworth, M. The Effects of Collective Devaluation on Commodity Prices and Exports. IMF Econ Rev 35, 166–180 (1988). https://doi.org/10.2307/3867281
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/3867281