Olper, AlessandroFałkowski, JanSwinnenm, Johan2013-01-252013-01-252013-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12160This 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.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAGRICULTURAL POLICIESARMED CONFLICTAUTOCRACYBARRIERBLACK MARKETBONDBULLETINCAPACITY BUILDINGCASH CROPSCETERIS PARIBUSCOLLECTIVE ACTIONCOMMODITIESCOMMODITYCOMMODITY PRICESCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECONSUMPTION EXPENDITURESCOUNTRY FIXED EFFECTSCRISESCULTURAL CHANGEDECISION MAKERSDEMOCRACIESDEMOCRACYDEMOCRATIC REGIMESDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDEVELOPMENT POLICYDICTATORIAL REGIMESDOMESTIC MARKETDOMESTIC PRICEECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC CRISISECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC HISTORYECONOMIC LIBERALIZATIONECONOMIC LIBERALIZATIONSECONOMIC PERFORMANCEECONOMIC POLICIESECONOMIC REFORMECONOMIC REFORMSELECTIONELECTIONSEMPLOYMENTEXCHANGE RATEEXECUTIVE BRANCHEXPORT SECTORSFINANCIAL SUPPORTFOREIGN CURRENCYFREE TRADEGDPGLOBALIZATIONGOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONGOVERNMENT POLICIESGROWTH RATEIDEOLOGYINCOMEINCOME INEQUALITYINCOMESINTEREST GROUPINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONLABOR MARKETLABOR MARKET POLICIESLEGITIMACYLEVEL OF DEVELOPMENTMARKET STRUCTURESMEATMONOPOLYOUTPUTSPEACEPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOLITICAL ECONOMICSPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL ECONOMY STUDIESPOLITICAL INSTITUTIONSPOLITICAL POWERPOLITICAL REGIMEPOLITICAL REGIMESPOLITICAL RIGHTSPOLITICAL SCIENCEPOLITICAL SUPPORTPOLITICAL SYSTEMSPROGRESSPROPERTY RIGHTSPROTECTIONISMPUBLIC POLICIESPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC SECTORREGIME CHANGEREGIME CHANGESRENT-SEEKING BEHAVIORREPUBLICRESPECTRIGHT- WINGRIGHT-WINGRURAL POPULATIONTAXTAXATIONTRADE LIBERALIZATIONTRADE POLICYTRADE TAXESTRANSPARENCYURBAN WORKERSVOTING RIGHTSWARWARSWORLD ECONOMYWORLD MARKETSWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-6336