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Optimal export tax rates of cocoa beans: A vector error correction model approach

Optimal export tax rates of cocoa beans: A vector error correction model approach Aiming to support downstream cocoa processing industries, the Indonesian Government announced an export tax on cocoa beans in 2010. This paper investigates whether the Indonesian Government has imposed an optimal tax rate and examines the determinants of cocoa bean export growth using data from Ivory Coast, Ghana and Indonesia for 1970–2011 and applying a vector error correction model. This study highlights the interdependence of major cocoa exporting countries' policy and reveals that Indonesia currently imposes a tax rate that is above its optimal rate. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Australian Journal of Agricultural Resource Economics Wiley

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Wiley
Copyright
© 2013 Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Inc. and Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd
ISSN
1364-985X
eISSN
1467-8489
DOI
10.1111/1467-8489.12011
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Abstract

Aiming to support downstream cocoa processing industries, the Indonesian Government announced an export tax on cocoa beans in 2010. This paper investigates whether the Indonesian Government has imposed an optimal tax rate and examines the determinants of cocoa bean export growth using data from Ivory Coast, Ghana and Indonesia for 1970–2011 and applying a vector error correction model. This study highlights the interdependence of major cocoa exporting countries' policy and reveals that Indonesia currently imposes a tax rate that is above its optimal rate.

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The Australian Journal of Agricultural Resource EconomicsWiley

Published: Oct 1, 2013

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