Special Interests versus the Public Interest in Policy Determination

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 agricultural markets. Four groups of forces are isolated: pol...

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Main Authors: Rausser, Gordon C., Roland, Gérard
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Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
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spelling okr-10986-282512021-04-23T14:04:45Z Special Interests versus the Public Interest in Policy Determination Rausser, Gordon C. Roland, Gérard ACCOUNTING ACCOUNTING STANDARDS ADVERSE SELECTION AGRICULTURE ALTERNATIVE POLICY INSTRUMENTS ASSET DIVERSIFICATION ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION BANK POLICY BID BRIBERY BUREAUCRATIC QUALITY CANDIDATES CHECKS COALITION GOVERNMENT COALITION GOVERNMENTS COLLUSION COMPETITIVENESS CONDITIONALITY CONFIDENCE CONFLICT OF INTEREST CONSTITUENCIES CONSTITUENCY CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CORPORATE TAXES CORRUPT CORRUPT OFFICIALS CORRUPTION COUNTRY RISK CREDIBILITY CRIME DECISION MAKING DEMOCRACIES DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY DEMOCRATIC REGIMES DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT BANK DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DYNAMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC EFFECTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMIC RESEARCH ECONOMIC TRENDS ECONOMICS ECONOMISTS ELASTICITIES ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES ELECTIONS ELECTORAL PROCESS ELECTORAL SYSTEMS ELECTORATE EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES ENFORCEABILITY ENFORCEABILITY OF CONTRACTS ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE ENVIRONMENTAL EQUILIBRIUM EXCHANGE RATE EXECUTIVE BRANCH EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXPLOITATION EXPORTS EXTERNALITIES GDP GINI COEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT SPENDING GROWTH RATE HIDDEN ACTIONS HIDDEN INFORMATION HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RIGHTS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVEL INEFFICIENCY INSTRUMENT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTERMEDIATE INPUTS INVESTIGATION INVESTIGATIONS JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE JUDICIAL PROCESS JUDICIARY LABOR MARKET LAWS LEADERSHIP LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL SYSTEM LEGISLATION LEGISLATIVE DECISIONS LOBBYING LOCAL MARKET MARKET DISTORTIONS MARKET FAILURES MARKET PRICE MARKET STRUCTURE MEDIA MONOPOLY MORAL HAZARD OPTIMIZATION PARLIAMENT PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEMS PARTICIPATION CONSTRAINTS PATRONAGE PENALTY POLICY INSTRUMENTS POLICY MAKING POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL POWER POLITICAL RIGHTS POLITICAL RISK POLITICAL SYSTEM POLITICAL SYSTEMS POLITICIAN POLITICIANS PREFERENCE ANALYSIS PRICE CONTROLS PRIVATE GAIN PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC INTEREST PUBLIC OFFICIALS PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING QUOTAS REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY REPRESENTATIVES RULE OF LAW STATISTICAL ANALYSIS TAX TAX COLLECTION TAX REVENUE TAX REVENUES TAX SYSTEM TAXATION TERRORISM TRADE POLICY TRANSACTION TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSPARENCY TRUST FUNDS TURNOVER UNFAIR COMPETITION VIOLENCE VOTER PREFERENCES VOTERS WEALTH 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 agricultural markets. 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. 2017-09-08T19:46:06Z 2017-09-08T19:46:06Z 2009-05 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/899931468346438707/Special-interests-versus-the-public-interest-in-policy-determination http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28251 English en_US Agricultural Distortions Working Paper;78 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
ADVERSE SELECTION
AGRICULTURE
ALTERNATIVE POLICY INSTRUMENTS
ASSET DIVERSIFICATION
ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION
BANK POLICY
BID
BRIBERY
BUREAUCRATIC QUALITY
CANDIDATES
CHECKS
COALITION GOVERNMENT
COALITION GOVERNMENTS
COLLUSION
COMPETITIVENESS
CONDITIONALITY
CONFIDENCE
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
CONSTITUENCIES
CONSTITUENCY
CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
CORPORATE TAXES
CORRUPT
CORRUPT OFFICIALS
CORRUPTION
COUNTRY RISK
CREDIBILITY
CRIME
DECISION MAKING
DEMOCRACIES
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY
DEMOCRATIC REGIMES
DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT BANK
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DYNAMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC EFFECTS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC HISTORY
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIC TRENDS
ECONOMICS
ECONOMISTS
ELASTICITIES
ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES
ELECTIONS
ELECTORAL PROCESS
ELECTORAL SYSTEMS
ELECTORATE
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES
ENFORCEABILITY
ENFORCEABILITY OF CONTRACTS
ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE
ENVIRONMENTAL
EQUILIBRIUM
EXCHANGE RATE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
EXPLOITATION
EXPORTS
EXTERNALITIES
GDP
GINI COEFFICIENT
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GOVERNMENT SPENDING
GROWTH RATE
HIDDEN ACTIONS
HIDDEN INFORMATION
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN RIGHTS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVEL
INEFFICIENCY
INSTRUMENT
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
INTERMEDIATE INPUTS
INVESTIGATION
INVESTIGATIONS
JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE
JUDICIAL PROCESS
JUDICIARY
LABOR MARKET
LAWS
LEADERSHIP
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGAL SYSTEM
LEGISLATION
LEGISLATIVE DECISIONS
LOBBYING
LOCAL MARKET
MARKET DISTORTIONS
MARKET FAILURES
MARKET PRICE
MARKET STRUCTURE
MEDIA
MONOPOLY
MORAL HAZARD
OPTIMIZATION
PARLIAMENT
PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEMS
PARTICIPATION CONSTRAINTS
PATRONAGE
PENALTY
POLICY INSTRUMENTS
POLICY MAKING
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL POWER
POLITICAL RIGHTS
POLITICAL RISK
POLITICAL SYSTEM
POLITICAL SYSTEMS
POLITICIAN
POLITICIANS
PREFERENCE ANALYSIS
PRICE CONTROLS
PRIVATE GAIN
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC FINANCE
PUBLIC GOOD
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC INTEREST
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SPENDING
QUOTAS
REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY
REPRESENTATIVES
RULE OF LAW
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
TAX
TAX COLLECTION
TAX REVENUE
TAX REVENUES
TAX SYSTEM
TAXATION
TERRORISM
TRADE POLICY
TRANSACTION
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSPARENCY
TRUST FUNDS
TURNOVER
UNFAIR COMPETITION
VIOLENCE
VOTER PREFERENCES
VOTERS
WEALTH
spellingShingle ACCOUNTING
ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
ADVERSE SELECTION
AGRICULTURE
ALTERNATIVE POLICY INSTRUMENTS
ASSET DIVERSIFICATION
ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION
BANK POLICY
BID
BRIBERY
BUREAUCRATIC QUALITY
CANDIDATES
CHECKS
COALITION GOVERNMENT
COALITION GOVERNMENTS
COLLUSION
COMPETITIVENESS
CONDITIONALITY
CONFIDENCE
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
CONSTITUENCIES
CONSTITUENCY
CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT
CORPORATE TAXES
CORRUPT
CORRUPT OFFICIALS
CORRUPTION
COUNTRY RISK
CREDIBILITY
CRIME
DECISION MAKING
DEMOCRACIES
DEMOCRACY
DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY
DEMOCRATIC REGIMES
DEMOCRATIC SOCIETIES
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT BANK
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DYNAMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC EFFECTS
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC HISTORY
ECONOMIC RESEARCH
ECONOMIC TRENDS
ECONOMICS
ECONOMISTS
ELASTICITIES
ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES
ELECTIONS
ELECTORAL PROCESS
ELECTORAL SYSTEMS
ELECTORATE
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES
ENFORCEABILITY
ENFORCEABILITY OF CONTRACTS
ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE
ENVIRONMENTAL
EQUILIBRIUM
EXCHANGE RATE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
EXPENDITURE
EXPENDITURES
EXPLOITATION
EXPORTS
EXTERNALITIES
GDP
GINI COEFFICIENT
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GOVERNMENT SPENDING
GROWTH RATE
HIDDEN ACTIONS
HIDDEN INFORMATION
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN RIGHTS
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME LEVEL
INEFFICIENCY
INSTRUMENT
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
INTERMEDIATE INPUTS
INVESTIGATION
INVESTIGATIONS
JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE
JUDICIAL PROCESS
JUDICIARY
LABOR MARKET
LAWS
LEADERSHIP
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGAL SYSTEM
LEGISLATION
LEGISLATIVE DECISIONS
LOBBYING
LOCAL MARKET
MARKET DISTORTIONS
MARKET FAILURES
MARKET PRICE
MARKET STRUCTURE
MEDIA
MONOPOLY
MORAL HAZARD
OPTIMIZATION
PARLIAMENT
PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEMS
PARTICIPATION CONSTRAINTS
PATRONAGE
PENALTY
POLICY INSTRUMENTS
POLICY MAKING
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL POWER
POLITICAL RIGHTS
POLITICAL RISK
POLITICAL SYSTEM
POLITICAL SYSTEMS
POLITICIAN
POLITICIANS
PREFERENCE ANALYSIS
PRICE CONTROLS
PRIVATE GAIN
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC FINANCE
PUBLIC GOOD
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC INTEREST
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SPENDING
QUOTAS
REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY
REPRESENTATIVES
RULE OF LAW
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
TAX
TAX COLLECTION
TAX REVENUE
TAX REVENUES
TAX SYSTEM
TAXATION
TERRORISM
TRADE POLICY
TRANSACTION
TRANSACTION COSTS
TRANSPARENCY
TRUST FUNDS
TURNOVER
UNFAIR COMPETITION
VIOLENCE
VOTER PREFERENCES
VOTERS
WEALTH
Rausser, Gordon C.
Roland, Gérard
Special Interests versus the Public Interest in Policy Determination
relation Agricultural Distortions Working Paper;78
description 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 agricultural markets. 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.
format Working Paper
author Rausser, Gordon C.
Roland, Gérard
author_facet Rausser, Gordon C.
Roland, Gérard
author_sort Rausser, Gordon C.
title Special Interests versus the Public Interest in Policy Determination
title_short Special Interests versus the Public Interest in Policy Determination
title_full Special Interests versus the Public Interest in Policy Determination
title_fullStr Special Interests versus the Public Interest in Policy Determination
title_full_unstemmed Special Interests versus the Public Interest in Policy Determination
title_sort special interests versus the public interest in policy determination
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/899931468346438707/Special-interests-versus-the-public-interest-in-policy-determination
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28251
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