@techreport{Arezki2011Food,
abstract = {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.},
address = {M\"{u}nchen},
author = {Rabah Arezki and Markus Br\"{u}ckner},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {O00; P00; Q00; 330; food prices; conflict; political institutions; Nahrungsmittelpreis; Politische Stabilit\"{a}t; Sozialer Konflikt; Demokratie; Niedriglohnl\"{a}nder; Industriestaaten},
language = {eng},
number = {3544},
publisher = {CESifo},
title = {Food prices and political instability},
type = {CESifo working paper: Resources and Environment Economics},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/49476},
year = {2011}
}
