Food Prices and Political Instability /
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 de...
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| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2011.
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| Series: | IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ;
No. 2011/062 |
| Online Access: | Full text available on IMF |