Anatomy of a Temporary Trade Shock: The Kenyan Coffee Boom of 1976-9

Author:

Bevan, David

Place:

Oxford

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Date published:

1992

Record type:

Journal article

Region:

Africa

Eastern Africa

Responsibility:

Collier,Paul, jt. author

Gunning, Jan Willem, jt. Author

Journal Title:

Journal of African Economies

Source:

Journal of African Economies Volume 1 Issue 2 August 1992 pp. 171-195

Subject:

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

COFFE EXPORT

KENYA

Abstract:

The coffee boom of 1976-9 was an archetypal temporary external shock. Using counter/actuals, we find that much of the windfall was saved, due to the private sector. However, the control regime constrained private responses, leading to an inefficient use of the windfall. Rather than Dutch Disease there was a construction boom.

Language:

English

Country focus:

Kenya

Subject profile :

Trade

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.jae.a036751

CITATION: Bevan, David. Anatomy of a Temporary Trade Shock: The Kenyan Coffee Boom of 1976-9 . Oxford : Oxford University Press , 1992. Journal of African Economies Volume 1 Issue 2 August 1992 pp. 171-195 - Available at: https://library.au.int/anatomy-temporary-trade-shock-kenyan-coffee-boom-1976-9