Swinnen, Johan F. M.2017-09-072017-09-072009-05https://hdl.handle.net/10986/28172The 1980s and first half of the 1990s were a very active period in the field of political economy of agricultural protection. While the past decade has witnessed a slowdown in this area, there have been very important developments on political economy in other parts of the economics profession. This paper reviews key new insights and developments in the general political economy literature and draws implications for the study of the political economy of distortions to agricultural incentives.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTINGAGRICULTURAL ECONOMICSAGRICULTURAL RESEARCHAGRICULTUREASSETSBUREAUCRACYCETERIS PARIBUSCOLLECTIVE ACTIONCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPARATIVE POLITICAL ECONOMYCONSTITUENTCONSUMERSCORRUPTIONCRISESDEBTDECISION MAKINGDEMAND FOR FOODDEMOCRACIESDEMOCRACYDEPRESSIONDICTATORSHIPECONOMETRIC ANALYSESECONOMETRIC ANALYSISECONOMETRIC MODELSECONOMETRICSECONOMIC CRISESECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC HISTORYECONOMIC PERFORMANCEECONOMIC STRUCTUREECONOMIC THEORYECONOMICSEMPLOYMENTEXPORTSEXTENSIONFARMERSFARMSFISCAL POLICYFOOD PROCESSINGFREE TRADEGDPGDP PER CAPITAGENERAL EQUILIBRIUMHUNGERIDEOLOGYINCOMEINCOMESINELASTIC DEMANDINFLATIONINNOVATIONINTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONINTERNATIONAL TRADEINVESTIGATIONLEADERSHIPLIVESTOCKLOBBYINGLOW INCOMEMACRO-ECONOMIC POLICYMOTIVATIONNET EXPORTSNEW POLITICAL ECONOMYOPEN ECONOMIESPESTSPOLITICAL ECONOMICSPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOLITICAL ECONOMY OF TRADEPOLITICAL ECONOMY OF TRADE POLICYPOLITICAL INSTITUTIONSPOLITICAL POWERPOLITICAL SCIENCEPOLITICAL SCIENTISTSPOLITICIANSPREFERENTIALPRODUCTIVITYPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHPROTECTIONISMR&DRENTSSCIENTISTSSTRUCTURAL RELATIONSHIPSTAXTAX REVENUESTAXATIONTECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONSTRADE BALANCETRADE POLICIESTRADE POLICYTRANSITION ECONOMIESURUGUAY ROUNDVALUE ADDEDVETOVIOLENCEVOTER PREFERENCESVOTING RIGHTSWEALTHWTOWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/28172