Political Institutions, Inequality, and Agricultural Growth : The Public Expenditure Connection

This paper brings together the literatures on the political economy of public expenditures and the determinants of economic growth. Based on a new dataset of rural public expenditures in a panel of Latin American economies, the econometric evidence suggests that non-social subsidies reduce agricultu...

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Main Authors: Allcott, Hunt, Lederman, Daniel, López, Ramón
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
GDP
TAX
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/04/6737299/political-institutions-inequality-agricultural-growth-public-expenditure-connection
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spelling okr-10986-86892021-04-23T14:02:40Z Political Institutions, Inequality, and Agricultural Growth : The Public Expenditure Connection Allcott, Hunt Lederman, Daniel López, Ramón ABSOLUTE VALUE ACCOUNTABILITY AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE ALLOCATION AVERAGE TAX RATES BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BUDGET CYCLE BUSINESS CYCLES CAPITAL EXPENDITURES CETERIS PARIBUS COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMODITY PRICES COMPARATIVE POLITICAL ECONOMY COMPOSITION OF EXPENDITURES CONVICTION CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT COUNTRY REGRESSIONS DATA COLLECTION DEFENSE EXPENDITURES DEMOCRACY DEPENDENT VARIABLE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC LITERATURE ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC POWER ECONOMIC THEORY ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY ECONOMICS RESEARCH EDUCATION EXPENDITURES EFFECTIVENESS OF GOVERNMENT ELASTICITIES EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE EMPIRICAL LITERATURE EMPIRICAL MODEL EMPIRICAL MODELS EMPIRICAL STUDIES ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES ESTIMATED COEFFICIENTS EXPENDITURE DATA EXPENDITURE LEVEL EXPENDITURE OUTCOMES EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXPORT SUBSIDIES EXTERNALITIES FACTOR ENDOWMENTS FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FISCAL EXPENDITURES FISCAL POLICY FIXED EFFECTS GDP GDP PER CAPITA GINI INDEX GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS GOVERNMENT SPENDING GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROWTH LITERATURE GROWTH RATE GROWTH REGRESSIONS GROWTH THEORY HEALTH CARE INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INCREASE GROWTH INSURANCE LABOR FORCE LAGGED DEPENDENT LATIN AMERICAN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS MARKET FAILURES MONETARY ECONOMICS NATIONAL INCOME NEGATIVE EFFECT POLICY CHANGES POLICY ISSUES POLICY MAKERS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS POLITICAL STABILITY POLITICIANS POVERTY RATES PRICE INDEX PRIVATE GOODS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTION FUNCTION PROGRAMS PROPERTY RIGHTS PROPORTIONAL SYSTEMS PUBLIC PUBLIC ECONOMICS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PATTERNS PUBLIC EXPENDITURES PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC GOOD PUBLIC GOODS PUBLIC POLICIES PUBLIC REVENUES PUBLIC SERVICES RELATIVE PRICES RESOURCE ALLOCATION RURAL ACTIVITIES RURAL AREAS RURAL POVERTY SERIAL CORRELATION SIZE OF GOVERNMENT SOCIAL EXPENDITURES SOCIAL RETURNS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL SPENDING STANDARD DEVIATION STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT TAX TAX RATES TOTAL EXPENDITURES TRADE OPENNESS TRADE POLICY TYPES OF EXPENDITURES UNEMPLOYMENT UNEQUAL SOCIETY VOTERS WEALTH DISTRIBUTION This paper brings together the literatures on the political economy of public expenditures and the determinants of economic growth. Based on a new dataset of rural public expenditures in a panel of Latin American economies, the econometric evidence suggests that non-social subsidies reduce agricultural GDP. Furthermore, the evidence suggests that political and institutional factors as well as income inequality are determinants of the size and structure of rural public expenditures, through which they have large and significant effects on agricultural GDP. 2012-06-21T18:54:25Z 2012-06-21T18:54:25Z 2006-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/04/6737299/political-institutions-inequality-agricultural-growth-public-expenditure-connection http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8689 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3902 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 Latin America & Caribbean Latin America
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topic ABSOLUTE VALUE
ACCOUNTABILITY
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
AGRICULTURE
ALLOCATION
AVERAGE TAX RATES
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BUDGET CYCLE
BUSINESS CYCLES
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
CETERIS PARIBUS
COLLECTIVE ACTION
COMMODITY PRICES
COMPARATIVE POLITICAL ECONOMY
COMPOSITION OF EXPENDITURES
CONVICTION
CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT
COUNTRY REGRESSIONS
DATA COLLECTION
DEFENSE EXPENDITURES
DEMOCRACY
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
ECONOMIC LITERATURE
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC POWER
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY
ECONOMICS RESEARCH
EDUCATION EXPENDITURES
EFFECTIVENESS OF GOVERNMENT
ELASTICITIES
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL LITERATURE
EMPIRICAL MODEL
EMPIRICAL MODELS
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES
ESTIMATED COEFFICIENTS
EXPENDITURE DATA
EXPENDITURE LEVEL
EXPENDITURE OUTCOMES
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
EXPORT SUBSIDIES
EXTERNALITIES
FACTOR ENDOWMENTS
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FISCAL EXPENDITURES
FISCAL POLICY
FIXED EFFECTS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GINI INDEX
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS
GOVERNMENT SPENDING
GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH LITERATURE
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH REGRESSIONS
GROWTH THEORY
HEALTH CARE
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCREASE GROWTH
INSURANCE
LABOR FORCE
LAGGED DEPENDENT
LATIN AMERICAN
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS
MARKET FAILURES
MONETARY ECONOMICS
NATIONAL INCOME
NEGATIVE EFFECT
POLICY CHANGES
POLICY ISSUES
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
POLITICAL STABILITY
POLITICIANS
POVERTY RATES
PRICE INDEX
PRIVATE GOODS
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PROGRAMS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PROPORTIONAL SYSTEMS
PUBLIC
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PATTERNS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC FINANCE
PUBLIC GOOD
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC POLICIES
PUBLIC REVENUES
PUBLIC SERVICES
RELATIVE PRICES
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RURAL ACTIVITIES
RURAL AREAS
RURAL POVERTY
SERIAL CORRELATION
SIZE OF GOVERNMENT
SOCIAL EXPENDITURES
SOCIAL RETURNS
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SERVICES
SOCIAL SPENDING
STANDARD DEVIATION
STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS
STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT
TAX
TAX RATES
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
TRADE OPENNESS
TRADE POLICY
TYPES OF EXPENDITURES
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEQUAL SOCIETY
VOTERS
WEALTH DISTRIBUTION
spellingShingle ABSOLUTE VALUE
ACCOUNTABILITY
AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
AGRICULTURE
ALLOCATION
AVERAGE TAX RATES
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BUDGET CYCLE
BUSINESS CYCLES
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
CETERIS PARIBUS
COLLECTIVE ACTION
COMMODITY PRICES
COMPARATIVE POLITICAL ECONOMY
COMPOSITION OF EXPENDITURES
CONVICTION
CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT
COUNTRY REGRESSIONS
DATA COLLECTION
DEFENSE EXPENDITURES
DEMOCRACY
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
ECONOMIC LITERATURE
ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
ECONOMIC POLICY
ECONOMIC POWER
ECONOMIC THEORY
ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY
ECONOMICS RESEARCH
EDUCATION EXPENDITURES
EFFECTIVENESS OF GOVERNMENT
ELASTICITIES
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
EMPIRICAL LITERATURE
EMPIRICAL MODEL
EMPIRICAL MODELS
EMPIRICAL STUDIES
ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES
ESTIMATED COEFFICIENTS
EXPENDITURE DATA
EXPENDITURE LEVEL
EXPENDITURE OUTCOMES
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
EXPORT SUBSIDIES
EXTERNALITIES
FACTOR ENDOWMENTS
FINANCIAL CRISES
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
FISCAL EXPENDITURES
FISCAL POLICY
FIXED EFFECTS
GDP
GDP PER CAPITA
GINI INDEX
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES
GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS
GOVERNMENT SPENDING
GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
GROWTH LITERATURE
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH REGRESSIONS
GROWTH THEORY
HEALTH CARE
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCREASE GROWTH
INSURANCE
LABOR FORCE
LAGGED DEPENDENT
LATIN AMERICAN
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS
MARKET FAILURES
MONETARY ECONOMICS
NATIONAL INCOME
NEGATIVE EFFECT
POLICY CHANGES
POLICY ISSUES
POLICY MAKERS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLITICAL ECONOMY
POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
POLITICAL STABILITY
POLITICIANS
POVERTY RATES
PRICE INDEX
PRIVATE GOODS
PRIVATE INVESTMENT
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PROGRAMS
PROPERTY RIGHTS
PROPORTIONAL SYSTEMS
PUBLIC
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PATTERNS
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC FINANCE
PUBLIC GOOD
PUBLIC GOODS
PUBLIC POLICIES
PUBLIC REVENUES
PUBLIC SERVICES
RELATIVE PRICES
RESOURCE ALLOCATION
RURAL ACTIVITIES
RURAL AREAS
RURAL POVERTY
SERIAL CORRELATION
SIZE OF GOVERNMENT
SOCIAL EXPENDITURES
SOCIAL RETURNS
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL SERVICES
SOCIAL SPENDING
STANDARD DEVIATION
STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS
STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT
TAX
TAX RATES
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
TRADE OPENNESS
TRADE POLICY
TYPES OF EXPENDITURES
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEQUAL SOCIETY
VOTERS
WEALTH DISTRIBUTION
Allcott, Hunt
Lederman, Daniel
López, Ramón
Political Institutions, Inequality, and Agricultural Growth : The Public Expenditure Connection
geographic_facet Latin America & Caribbean
Latin America
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 3902
description This paper brings together the literatures on the political economy of public expenditures and the determinants of economic growth. Based on a new dataset of rural public expenditures in a panel of Latin American economies, the econometric evidence suggests that non-social subsidies reduce agricultural GDP. Furthermore, the evidence suggests that political and institutional factors as well as income inequality are determinants of the size and structure of rural public expenditures, through which they have large and significant effects on agricultural GDP.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Allcott, Hunt
Lederman, Daniel
López, Ramón
author_facet Allcott, Hunt
Lederman, Daniel
López, Ramón
author_sort Allcott, Hunt
title Political Institutions, Inequality, and Agricultural Growth : The Public Expenditure Connection
title_short Political Institutions, Inequality, and Agricultural Growth : The Public Expenditure Connection
title_full Political Institutions, Inequality, and Agricultural Growth : The Public Expenditure Connection
title_fullStr Political Institutions, Inequality, and Agricultural Growth : The Public Expenditure Connection
title_full_unstemmed Political Institutions, Inequality, and Agricultural Growth : The Public Expenditure Connection
title_sort political institutions, inequality, and agricultural growth : the public expenditure connection
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/04/6737299/political-institutions-inequality-agricultural-growth-public-expenditure-connection
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8689
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