01830cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF007094 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781455221066 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Arezki, Rabah. Food Prices and Political Instability / Rabah Arezki, Markus Bruckner. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011. 1 online resource (22 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students We examine the effects that variations in the international food prices have on democracy and intra-state conflict using panel data for over 120 countries during the period 1970-2007. Our main finding is that in Low Income Countries increases in the international food prices lead to a significant deterioration of democratic institutions and a significant increase in the incidence of anti-government demonstrations, riots, and civil conflict. In the High Income Countries variations in the international food prices have no significant effects on democratic institutions and measures of intra-state conflict. Our empirical results point to a significant externality of variations in international food prices on Low Income Countries' social and political stability. Mode of access: Internet Bruckner, Markus. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2011/062 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2011/062/001.2011.issue-062-en.xml IMF e-Library