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Crop Yield and Democracy

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  • James B. Ang
  • Per G. Fredriksson
  • Satyendra Kumar Gupta

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How does the historical legacy of agriculture affect democratic traditions in contemporary societies? This paper provides empirical evidence that inherent crop yield and democracy exhibit an inverted U-shaped relationship. This finding is supported by cross-country data from up to 147 countries, 186 pre-colonial societies, and the U.S. states. The relationship thus exhibits a highly persistent pattern. Crop yield is measured by kilocalories per hectare per year under rain-fed conditions, which has the advantage of being highly exogenous. The hump-shaped relationship holds up to a battery of robustness tests.

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  • James B. Ang & Per G. Fredriksson & Satyendra Kumar Gupta, 2020. "Crop Yield and Democracy," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 96(2), pages 265-290.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:landec:v:96:y:2020:i:2:p:265-290
    Note: DOI: 10.3368/le.96.2.265
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    Cited by:

    1. Fredriksson, Per G. & Gupta, Satyendra Kumar, 2022. "Land productivity and colonization," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 113(C).
    2. Fredriksson, Per G. & Mohanty, Aatishya, 2021. "Sunlight and Culture," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 188(C), pages 757-782.
    3. Hendricks, Nathan P. & Stigler, Matthieu M., 2020. "Global Yield Distributions since 1960," 2020 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, Kansas City, Missouri 304570, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

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    JEL classification:

    • O11 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products

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