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Swinnen, J.F.M., Banerjee, A.N. and de Gorter, H. (2001) Economic Development, Institutional Economy of Agricultural Protection. An Econometric Study of Belgium since the 19th Century. Agricultural Economics, 26, 25-43.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-0862.2001.tb00052.x

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• TITLE: The Political Economy of Policy Instrument Choice: Theory and Evidence from Agricultural and Food Policies

  AUTHORS: Johan Swinnen, Alessandro Olper, Thijs Vandemoortele

  KEYWORDS: Public Policy, Political Economy, Instrument Choice, Agricultural and Food

  JOURNAL NAME: Theoretical Economics Letters, Vol.6 No.1, February 26, 2016

  ABSTRACT: We study the political economy of instrument choice with an application to agricultural and food policies. We present stylized facts on the choice of policy instruments and develop a political economy theory of instrument choice. The key predictions of the model suggest a rational explanation of instrument choice patterns, based on the trade-off between transaction costs and distortions of the policies, and internal and external political constraints. Our empirical analysis supports the main predictions of the theoretical model. The shift from distortionary to less distortionary instruments is positively influenced by institutional development, a country’s net trade status, and the GATT/WTO framework.