Political Reforms and Public Policy : Evidence from Agricultural and Food Policies
This paper studies the effect of political regime transitions on public policy using a new data set on global agricultural and food policies over a 50-year period (including data from 74 developing and developed countries over the 1955 2005 period). The authors find evidence that democratization leads to a reduction of agricultural taxation, an increase in agricultural subsidization, or both. The empirical findings are consistent with the predictions of the median voter model because political transitions occurred primarily in countries with a majority of farmers. The results are robust to different specifications, estimation approaches, and variable definitions.
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dig-okr-10986121602021-04-23T14:03:06Z Political Reforms and Public Policy : Evidence from Agricultural and Food Policies Olper, Alessandro Fałkowski, Jan Swinnenm, Johan AGRICULTURAL POLICIES ARMED CONFLICT AUTOCRACY BARRIER BLACK MARKET BOND BULLETIN CAPACITY BUILDING CASH CROPS CETERIS PARIBUS COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES COUNTRY FIXED EFFECTS CRISES CULTURAL CHANGE DECISION MAKERS DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC REGIMES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DICTATORIAL REGIMES DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC PRICE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATIONS ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMIC REFORMS ELECTION ELECTIONS EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXECUTIVE BRANCH EXPORT SECTORS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREIGN CURRENCY FREE TRADE GDP GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROWTH RATE IDEOLOGY INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCOMES INTEREST GROUP INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET POLICIES LEGITIMACY LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT MARKET STRUCTURES MEAT MONOPOLY OUTPUTS PEACE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMICS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL ECONOMY STUDIES POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL REGIME POLITICAL REGIMES POLITICAL RIGHTS POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICAL SUPPORT POLITICAL SYSTEMS PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTIONISM PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR REGIME CHANGE REGIME CHANGES RENT-SEEKING BEHAVIOR REPUBLIC RESPECT RIGHT- WING RIGHT-WING RURAL POPULATION TAX TAXATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRADE TAXES TRANSPARENCY URBAN WORKERS VOTING RIGHTS WAR WARS WORLD ECONOMY WORLD MARKETS This paper studies the effect of political regime transitions on public policy using a new data set on global agricultural and food policies over a 50-year period (including data from 74 developing and developed countries over the 1955 2005 period). The authors find evidence that democratization leads to a reduction of agricultural taxation, an increase in agricultural subsidization, or both. The empirical findings are consistent with the predictions of the median voter model because political transitions occurred primarily in countries with a majority of farmers. The results are robust to different specifications, estimation approaches, and variable definitions. 2013-01-25T22:11:55Z 2013-01-25T22:11:55Z 2013-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17196551/political-reforms-public-policy-evidence-agricultural-food-policies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12160 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper; No. 6336 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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AGRICULTURAL POLICIES ARMED CONFLICT AUTOCRACY BARRIER BLACK MARKET BOND BULLETIN CAPACITY BUILDING CASH CROPS CETERIS PARIBUS COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES COUNTRY FIXED EFFECTS CRISES CULTURAL CHANGE DECISION MAKERS DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC REGIMES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DICTATORIAL REGIMES DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC PRICE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATIONS ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMIC REFORMS ELECTION ELECTIONS EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXECUTIVE BRANCH EXPORT SECTORS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREIGN CURRENCY FREE TRADE GDP GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROWTH RATE IDEOLOGY INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCOMES INTEREST GROUP INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET POLICIES LEGITIMACY LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT MARKET STRUCTURES MEAT MONOPOLY OUTPUTS PEACE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMICS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL ECONOMY STUDIES POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL REGIME POLITICAL REGIMES POLITICAL RIGHTS POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICAL SUPPORT POLITICAL SYSTEMS PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTIONISM PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR REGIME CHANGE REGIME CHANGES RENT-SEEKING BEHAVIOR REPUBLIC RESPECT RIGHT- WING RIGHT-WING RURAL POPULATION TAX TAXATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRADE TAXES TRANSPARENCY URBAN WORKERS VOTING RIGHTS WAR WARS WORLD ECONOMY WORLD MARKETS AGRICULTURAL POLICIES ARMED CONFLICT AUTOCRACY BARRIER BLACK MARKET BOND BULLETIN CAPACITY BUILDING CASH CROPS CETERIS PARIBUS COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES COUNTRY FIXED EFFECTS CRISES CULTURAL CHANGE DECISION MAKERS DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC REGIMES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DICTATORIAL REGIMES DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC PRICE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATIONS ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMIC REFORMS ELECTION ELECTIONS EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXECUTIVE BRANCH EXPORT SECTORS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREIGN CURRENCY FREE TRADE GDP GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROWTH RATE IDEOLOGY INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCOMES INTEREST GROUP INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET POLICIES LEGITIMACY LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT MARKET STRUCTURES MEAT MONOPOLY OUTPUTS PEACE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMICS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL ECONOMY STUDIES POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL REGIME POLITICAL REGIMES POLITICAL RIGHTS POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICAL SUPPORT POLITICAL SYSTEMS PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTIONISM PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR REGIME CHANGE REGIME CHANGES RENT-SEEKING BEHAVIOR REPUBLIC RESPECT RIGHT- WING RIGHT-WING RURAL POPULATION TAX TAXATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRADE TAXES TRANSPARENCY URBAN WORKERS VOTING RIGHTS WAR WARS WORLD ECONOMY WORLD MARKETS |
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AGRICULTURAL POLICIES ARMED CONFLICT AUTOCRACY BARRIER BLACK MARKET BOND BULLETIN CAPACITY BUILDING CASH CROPS CETERIS PARIBUS COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES COUNTRY FIXED EFFECTS CRISES CULTURAL CHANGE DECISION MAKERS DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC REGIMES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DICTATORIAL REGIMES DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC PRICE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATIONS ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMIC REFORMS ELECTION ELECTIONS EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXECUTIVE BRANCH EXPORT SECTORS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREIGN CURRENCY FREE TRADE GDP GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROWTH RATE IDEOLOGY INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCOMES INTEREST GROUP INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET POLICIES LEGITIMACY LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT MARKET STRUCTURES MEAT MONOPOLY OUTPUTS PEACE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMICS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL ECONOMY STUDIES POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL REGIME POLITICAL REGIMES POLITICAL RIGHTS POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICAL SUPPORT POLITICAL SYSTEMS PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTIONISM PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR REGIME CHANGE REGIME CHANGES RENT-SEEKING BEHAVIOR REPUBLIC RESPECT RIGHT- WING RIGHT-WING RURAL POPULATION TAX TAXATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRADE TAXES TRANSPARENCY URBAN WORKERS VOTING RIGHTS WAR WARS WORLD ECONOMY WORLD MARKETS AGRICULTURAL POLICIES ARMED CONFLICT AUTOCRACY BARRIER BLACK MARKET BOND BULLETIN CAPACITY BUILDING CASH CROPS CETERIS PARIBUS COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES COUNTRY FIXED EFFECTS CRISES CULTURAL CHANGE DECISION MAKERS DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC REGIMES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DICTATORIAL REGIMES DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC PRICE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATIONS ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMIC REFORMS ELECTION ELECTIONS EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXECUTIVE BRANCH EXPORT SECTORS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREIGN CURRENCY FREE TRADE GDP GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROWTH RATE IDEOLOGY INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCOMES INTEREST GROUP INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET POLICIES LEGITIMACY LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT MARKET STRUCTURES MEAT MONOPOLY OUTPUTS PEACE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMICS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL ECONOMY STUDIES POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL REGIME POLITICAL REGIMES POLITICAL RIGHTS POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICAL SUPPORT POLITICAL SYSTEMS PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTIONISM PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR REGIME CHANGE REGIME CHANGES RENT-SEEKING BEHAVIOR REPUBLIC RESPECT RIGHT- WING RIGHT-WING RURAL POPULATION TAX TAXATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRADE TAXES TRANSPARENCY URBAN WORKERS VOTING RIGHTS WAR WARS WORLD ECONOMY WORLD MARKETS Olper, Alessandro Fałkowski, Jan Swinnenm, Johan Political Reforms and Public Policy : Evidence from Agricultural and Food Policies |
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This paper studies the effect of
political regime transitions on public policy using a new
data set on global agricultural and food policies over a
50-year period (including data from 74 developing and
developed countries over the 1955 2005 period). The authors
find evidence that democratization leads to a reduction of
agricultural taxation, an increase in agricultural
subsidization, or both. The empirical findings are
consistent with the predictions of the median voter model
because political transitions occurred primarily in
countries with a majority of farmers. The results are robust
to different specifications, estimation approaches, and
variable definitions. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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AGRICULTURAL POLICIES ARMED CONFLICT AUTOCRACY BARRIER BLACK MARKET BOND BULLETIN CAPACITY BUILDING CASH CROPS CETERIS PARIBUS COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMMODITY PRICES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES COUNTRY FIXED EFFECTS CRISES CULTURAL CHANGE DECISION MAKERS DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC REGIMES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DICTATORIAL REGIMES DOMESTIC MARKET DOMESTIC PRICE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATIONS ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC REFORM ECONOMIC REFORMS ELECTION ELECTIONS EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXECUTIVE BRANCH EXPORT SECTORS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREIGN CURRENCY FREE TRADE GDP GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION GOVERNMENT POLICIES GROWTH RATE IDEOLOGY INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCOMES INTEREST GROUP INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET POLICIES LEGITIMACY LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT MARKET STRUCTURES MEAT MONOPOLY OUTPUTS PEACE POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMICS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL ECONOMY STUDIES POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL REGIME POLITICAL REGIMES POLITICAL RIGHTS POLITICAL SCIENCE POLITICAL SUPPORT POLITICAL SYSTEMS PROGRESS PROPERTY RIGHTS PROTECTIONISM PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR REGIME CHANGE REGIME CHANGES RENT-SEEKING BEHAVIOR REPUBLIC RESPECT RIGHT- WING RIGHT-WING RURAL POPULATION TAX TAXATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRADE TAXES TRANSPARENCY URBAN WORKERS VOTING RIGHTS WAR WARS WORLD ECONOMY WORLD MARKETS |
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Olper, Alessandro Fałkowski, Jan Swinnenm, Johan |
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Olper, Alessandro Fałkowski, Jan Swinnenm, Johan |
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Olper, Alessandro |
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Political Reforms and Public Policy : Evidence from Agricultural and Food Policies |
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Political Reforms and Public Policy : Evidence from Agricultural and Food Policies |
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Political Reforms and Public Policy : Evidence from Agricultural and Food Policies |
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Political Reforms and Public Policy : Evidence from Agricultural and Food Policies |
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Political Reforms and Public Policy : Evidence from Agricultural and Food Policies |
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political reforms and public policy : evidence from agricultural and food policies |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2013-01 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/17196551/political-reforms-public-policy-evidence-agricultural-food-policies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12160 |
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