Políticas de ingresos en el sector agropecuario: el caso del mercado yerbatero argentino

Abstract

This study summarizes the price and marketing policies for the Argentine Yerba Mate Market which prevailed Turing the years 1936-1972. It also attempts to demonstrate, on the basis of an econometric model of the market, that these policies have created a price discriminating mechanism which hurt small farmers and benefited large, vertically integrated firms of the Industry.