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Promotion of the Agricultural Sector and Political Power in Austria

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  • Salhofer, Klaus
  • Hofreither, Markus F
  • Sinabell, Franz

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In most industrialized countries farmers as a small and well-organized group are able to influence government decisions to get rent-creating proposals enacted. Two different views are presented to explain why: the Chicagoan view ("Efficient Redistribution Hypothesis") and the Virginian view (inefficient outcome of political bargaining). A vertically structured empirical model of the Austrian farm sector is employed to test both hypotheses. Quantitative results of the welfare transfers from consumers/taxpayers to farmers and agribusiness firms are derived and the political weights of these groups are presented. Copyright 2000 by Kluwer Academic Publishers

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  • Salhofer, Klaus & Hofreither, Markus F & Sinabell, Franz, 2000. "Promotion of the Agricultural Sector and Political Power in Austria," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 102(3-4), pages 229-246, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:kap:pubcho:v:102:y:2000:i:3-4:p:229-46
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    1. Oded Stark & Jan Fałkowski, 2019. "On structural change, the social stress of a farming population, and the political economy of farm support," The Economics of Transition, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, vol. 27(1), pages 201-222, January.
    2. Mihoko Shimamoto, 2023. "Normative Corporate Income Tax with Rent for SDGs’ Funding: Case of the U.S," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-18, February.
    3. Milczarek-Andrzejewska, Dominika & Wilkin, Jerzy & Marks-Bielska, Renata & Czarnecki, Adam & Bartczak, Anna, 2020. "Konflikty o ziemię rolną – perspektywa ekonomiczna," Gospodarka Narodowa-The Polish Journal of Economics, Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie / SGH Warsaw School of Economics, vol. 2020(4), December.
    4. Franz Sinabell, 2005. "Marktspannen und Erzeugeranteil an den Ausgaben für Nahrungsmittel," WIFO Studies, WIFO, number 25398.
    5. Salhofer, Klaus & Schmid, Erwin & Streicher, Gerhard & Schneider, Friedrich, 2003. "Testing For Efficiency: A Policy Analysis With Probability Distributions," 2003 Annual Meeting, August 16-22, 2003, Durban, South Africa 25891, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    6. Tajika, Tomoya, 2015. "Japanese government and utilitarian behavior," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier, vol. 36(C), pages 90-107.

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