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Special interests versus the public interest : the determination of policy instruments

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  • Rausser, Gordon C.

    () (University of California, Berkeley. Dept of agricultural and resource economics and policy)

  • Roland, Gerard

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This paper focuses on recent theoretical developments in political economy and what role they might play in explaining and reforming individual country and global distortions in food and agriculture. Four groups of forces are isolated: political governance structures emphasizing the role of democratic mechanisms; the design of polycentric structures for assigned governmental authority for setting policy instruments; market structure and other socioeconomic characteristics; and the role of sector mobility and asset diversification. Each of these forces are distilled and data sources are reviewed that will allow econometric specifications that have both explanatory and policy reform implications.

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Paper provided by University of California at Berkeley, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Policy in its series CUDARE Working Paper Series with number 1057.

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Length: 38 pages
Date of creation: 2008
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Handle: RePEc:are:cudare:1057

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Keywords: public policy; public economics; politics and government; market structures; sector mobility;

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  1. Persson, Torsten & Roland , Gérard & Tabellini, Guido, 1997. "Comparative Politics and Public Finance," Seminar Papers 633, Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies.
  2. Gardner, Bruce L, 1987. "Causes of U.S. Farm Commodity Programs," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 95(2), pages 290-310, April.
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  1. Olper, Alessandro & Raimondi, Valentina, 2012. "Electoral Rules, Forms of Government and Redistributive Policy: Evidence from Agriculture," Open Access publications from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven urn:hdl:123456789/343970, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

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