Political economy of public policies: Insights from distortions to agricultural and food markets

Journal of Economic Literature

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 423-477

  Anderson, Kym ^a   Rausser, Gordon ^b   Swinnen, Johan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84879680126     PISSN: 00220515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jel.51.2.423     Document Type: Review

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