Calories conflict and correlates: redistributive food policy in post-conflict Iraq

SanAhmed, A. and Holloway, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2058-4504 (2017) Calories conflict and correlates: redistributive food policy in post-conflict Iraq. Food Policy, 68. pp. 89-99. ISSN 0306-9192 doi: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2017.01.005

Abstract/Summary

War-torn Iraq manifests itself as an ideal laboratory for food-policy experimentation due to availability of unique data surrounding intra-household calorie consumption and the presence of selected correlates including, but not restricted to, substantial disruptions to social infrastructure and fundamental public-policy intervention. Among other findings, expenditure elasticities are mostly positive and dramatically curvilinear with respect to wealth; and lump-sum redistribution of The Iraqi Public Distribution System emerges as a feasible policy intervention. Extensions are discussed.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/67207
Identification Number/DOI	10.1016/j.foodpol.2017.01.005
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Agriculture, Policy and Development > Department of Agri-Food Economics & Marketing
Publisher	Elsevier
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