Center for Agricultural and Rural Development
Center for Agricultural and Rural Development

Consumer and Producer Influences in Agricultural Policy Formulation: Some Empirical Evidence

January 1997 [97-WP 175]
Authors:
  • Virender Gautam
  • Sudhir Chaudhary
  • Darnell B. Smith

Suggested citation

Gautam, V., S. Chaudhary, and D.B. Smith. 1997. “Consumer and Producer Influences in Agricultural Policy Formulation: Some Empirical Evidence.” Working paper 97-WP 175. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University.

Summary

The political economy of agricultural protection (PEAP) literature has progressed along two distinct paradigms of the interactions among economic agents: the self-will government (SWG) models and the clearing house government (CHG) models. This study treats the two approaches as complementary, as it investigates the primary determinants of agricultural protection across industrialized and developing countries.