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...
انظر المزيد
تفاصيل
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2013/1/01
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ورقة عمل خاصة ببحوث السياسات
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WPS6336
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1
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2013/1/01
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Disclosed
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Political reforms and public policy : evidence from agricultural and food policies
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agricultural protection