This research explores the politics of modern commodity agriculture and the redistributive politics associated with it, focusing on Argentina and Brazil. Despite the magnitude and consequences of agricultural subsidies and taxation, their political origins are poorly understood. It is widely observed that wealthier countries tend to subsidize farmers while poorer countries tax them, and farmers in developed countries are credited as being skilled at lobbying. What is less clear is where that skill and political leverage originates. Using both qualitative and quantitative evidence, the analysis finds that the key determinant of the level of taxation or subsidy of agriculture is the capacity of agricultural producers to form strong political ...
This paper uses new data on agricultural policy interventions to examine the political economy of ag...
This is a product of a research project on Distortions to Agricultural Incentives, under the leaders...
During the 1960s and 1970s most developing countries imposed anti-agricultural policies, while many ...
AbstractThis paper analyzes the transition of Brazilian agriculture from low productivity and backwa...
Argentina imposed steep export taxes on agricultural commodities during the 2006–2008 world food pri...
We present a new explanation and empirical evidence showing that rural subsidies to large farmers te...
The political economy of Argentina in the XX and early XXI century has been characterized by the dif...
Abstract: We present a new explanation for the observation that rural subsidy schemes have not contr...
International audienceMarkets for agroecological food and inputs are actively shaping ecological for...
A new form of populism, combining broad-based benefits for urban workers with export promotion, emer...
In this paper, we examine the political-economy drivers of the variation in agricultural protection,...
This paper concludes this special issue. It draws on the findings of the individual contributions an...
Theories of frontier expansion in the last four decades have been mostly shaped by studies of state-...
In this paper, we examine the political economy drivers of the variation in agricultural protection,...
This paper concludes this special issue. It draws on the findings of the individual contributions an...
This paper uses new data on agricultural policy interventions to examine the political economy of ag...
This is a product of a research project on Distortions to Agricultural Incentives, under the leaders...
During the 1960s and 1970s most developing countries imposed anti-agricultural policies, while many ...
AbstractThis paper analyzes the transition of Brazilian agriculture from low productivity and backwa...
Argentina imposed steep export taxes on agricultural commodities during the 2006–2008 world food pri...
We present a new explanation and empirical evidence showing that rural subsidies to large farmers te...
The political economy of Argentina in the XX and early XXI century has been characterized by the dif...
Abstract: We present a new explanation for the observation that rural subsidy schemes have not contr...
International audienceMarkets for agroecological food and inputs are actively shaping ecological for...
A new form of populism, combining broad-based benefits for urban workers with export promotion, emer...
In this paper, we examine the political-economy drivers of the variation in agricultural protection,...
This paper concludes this special issue. It draws on the findings of the individual contributions an...
Theories of frontier expansion in the last four decades have been mostly shaped by studies of state-...
In this paper, we examine the political economy drivers of the variation in agricultural protection,...
This paper concludes this special issue. It draws on the findings of the individual contributions an...
This paper uses new data on agricultural policy interventions to examine the political economy of ag...
This is a product of a research project on Distortions to Agricultural Incentives, under the leaders...
During the 1960s and 1970s most developing countries imposed anti-agricultural policies, while many ...