Mass Media and Public Policy : Global Evidence from Agricultural Policies
Mass media play a crucial role in information distribution and in the political market and public policy making. Theory predicts that information provided by the mass media reflects the media's incentives to provide news to different groups in...
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okr-10986-131462021-04-23T14:03:07Z Mass Media and Public Policy : Global Evidence from Agricultural Policies Olper, Alessandro Swinnen, Johan AGRICULTURAL POLICIES AGRICULTURE BANKS BENCHMARK BENCHMARKS BULLETIN CAPACITY BUILDING CITIZENS COLLAPSE COLLECTIVE ACTION COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS CONFERENCES CONSUMER INTERESTS CONSUMERS CORRUPTION CRISES CULTURAL CHANGE DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCUSSION ECONOMETRIC ANALYSES ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC CRISES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS LITERATURE ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES FORMAL ANALYSIS FREE RIDER GDP GDP PER CAPITA GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS GROWTH RATE IMPORTANT POLICY INCOME INCOME LEVELS INCOME MEASURES LABOR STATISTICS LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LOBBYING MARGINAL COSTS MASS MEDIA MEAT MEDIA ATTENTION MEDIA COVERAGE NET EXPORTS NUMBERS OLDER PEOPLE POLICY DECISIONS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY REGIME POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICIANS PRESENTATIONS PRINTING PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROGRESS PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC MONEY PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SUPPORT PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RADIO REAL GDP RESPECT RICHER PEOPLE RURAL AREAS SAFETY SIGNS STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUBSIDIZATION TAXATION TELEVISION TEXT TRADE DISPUTES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRANSPORTATION TV UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URUGUAY ROUND VOTER PREFERENCES VOTERS WTO YOUNG PEOPLE Mass media play a crucial role in information distribution and in the political market and public policy making. Theory predicts that information provided by the mass media reflects the media's incentives to provide news to different groups in society and affects these groups' influence in policy making. The paper use data on agricultural policy from 69 countries spanning a wide range of development stages and media markets to test these predictions. The empirical results are consistent with theoretical hypotheses that public support for agriculture is affected by the mass media. In particular, an increase in media (television) diffusion is associated with policies that benefit the majority to a greater extent and is correlated with a reduction in agriculture taxation in poor countries and a reduction in the subsidization of agriculture in rich countries, ceteris paribus. The empirical results are consistent with the hypothesis that increased competition in commercial media reduces transfers to special interest groups and contributes to more efficient public policies. 2013-04-11T15:50:41Z 2013-04-11T15:50:41Z 2013-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/02/17292999/mass-media-public-policy-global-evidence-agricultural-policies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13146 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6362 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research |
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AGRICULTURAL POLICIES AGRICULTURE BANKS BENCHMARK BENCHMARKS BULLETIN CAPACITY BUILDING CITIZENS COLLAPSE COLLECTIVE ACTION COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS CONFERENCES CONSUMER INTERESTS CONSUMERS CORRUPTION CRISES CULTURAL CHANGE DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCUSSION ECONOMETRIC ANALYSES ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC CRISES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS LITERATURE ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES FORMAL ANALYSIS FREE RIDER GDP GDP PER CAPITA GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS GROWTH RATE IMPORTANT POLICY INCOME INCOME LEVELS INCOME MEASURES LABOR STATISTICS LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LOBBYING MARGINAL COSTS MASS MEDIA MEAT MEDIA ATTENTION MEDIA COVERAGE NET EXPORTS NUMBERS OLDER PEOPLE POLICY DECISIONS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY REGIME POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICIANS PRESENTATIONS PRINTING PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROGRESS PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC MONEY PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SUPPORT PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RADIO REAL GDP RESPECT RICHER PEOPLE RURAL AREAS SAFETY SIGNS STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUBSIDIZATION TAXATION TELEVISION TEXT TRADE DISPUTES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRANSPORTATION TV UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URUGUAY ROUND VOTER PREFERENCES VOTERS WTO YOUNG PEOPLE |
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AGRICULTURAL POLICIES AGRICULTURE BANKS BENCHMARK BENCHMARKS BULLETIN CAPACITY BUILDING CITIZENS COLLAPSE COLLECTIVE ACTION COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS CONFERENCES CONSUMER INTERESTS CONSUMERS CORRUPTION CRISES CULTURAL CHANGE DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCUSSION ECONOMETRIC ANALYSES ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC CRISES ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMICS LITERATURE ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES FORMAL ANALYSIS FREE RIDER GDP GDP PER CAPITA GOVERNMENT POLICIES GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS GROWTH RATE IMPORTANT POLICY INCOME INCOME LEVELS INCOME MEASURES LABOR STATISTICS LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT LOBBYING MARGINAL COSTS MASS MEDIA MEAT MEDIA ATTENTION MEDIA COVERAGE NET EXPORTS NUMBERS OLDER PEOPLE POLICY DECISIONS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY REGIME POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICIANS PRESENTATIONS PRINTING PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROGRESS PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC MONEY PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SUPPORT PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY RADIO REAL GDP RESPECT RICHER PEOPLE RURAL AREAS SAFETY SIGNS STRUCTURAL CHANGE SUBSIDIZATION TAXATION TELEVISION TEXT TRADE DISPUTES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRANSPORTATION TV UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS URUGUAY ROUND VOTER PREFERENCES VOTERS WTO YOUNG PEOPLE Olper, Alessandro Swinnen, Johan Mass Media and Public Policy : Global Evidence from Agricultural Policies |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6362 |
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Mass media play a crucial role in
information distribution and in the political market and
public policy making. Theory predicts that information
provided by the mass media reflects the media's
incentives to provide news to different groups in society
and affects these groups' influence in policy making.
The paper use data on agricultural policy from 69 countries
spanning a wide range of development stages and media
markets to test these predictions. The empirical results are
consistent with theoretical hypotheses that public support
for agriculture is affected by the mass media. In
particular, an increase in media (television) diffusion is
associated with policies that benefit the majority to a
greater extent and is correlated with a reduction in
agriculture taxation in poor countries and a reduction in
the subsidization of agriculture in rich countries, ceteris
paribus. The empirical results are consistent with the
hypothesis that increased competition in commercial media
reduces transfers to special interest groups and contributes
to more efficient public policies. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
| author |
Olper, Alessandro Swinnen, Johan |
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Olper, Alessandro Swinnen, Johan |
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Olper, Alessandro |
| title |
Mass Media and Public Policy : Global Evidence from Agricultural Policies |
| title_short |
Mass Media and Public Policy : Global Evidence from Agricultural Policies |
| title_full |
Mass Media and Public Policy : Global Evidence from Agricultural Policies |
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Mass Media and Public Policy : Global Evidence from Agricultural Policies |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Mass Media and Public Policy : Global Evidence from Agricultural Policies |
| title_sort |
mass media and public policy : global evidence from agricultural policies |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
| publishDate |
2013 |
| url |
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/02/17292999/mass-media-public-policy-global-evidence-agricultural-policies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13146 |
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