Nota de disertación: TABLA DE CONTENIDO: v. 1. The country study: List of tables and figures -- Preface -- Pt. 1: 1. An overview of the Chilean economy and agricultural sector -- 2. History and management of agricultural pricing policies -- 3. Measures of price policy intervention -- Pt. 2: 4. Effects of price policy intervention on output and foreign exchange earnings -- 5. Effects on the government budget and on resource transfers -- 6. Income distribution effects of intervention -- 7. Effects of price intervention on domestic price and consumption stabilization -- Pt. 3: 8. Policy reform efforts -- References -- v. 2. Appendixes: data and methodology: List of tables and figures -- Appendix 1: Estimation of direct price intervention -- Appendix 2: The equivalent tariff estimation -- Appendix 3: Estimation procedure for Pna/Pna* -- Appendix 4: Estimation of the effective rate of protection -- Appendix 5: The supply response model: theoretical framework -- Appendix 6: Sources of data and validation of the supply response model -- Appendix 7: Output effects of intervention -- Appendix 8: Determination of agricultural value added in the undistorted scenarios -- Appendix 9: Foreign exchange effect of intervention -- Appendix 10: Data used in the political economic model -- Appendix 11: Alternative policy simulations -- Appendix 12: Main indicators for the economy and agricultural sector.