Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Economics Research Institute Study Paper

Volume

95

Issue

1

Publisher

Utah State University Department of Economics

Publication Date

1995

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1

Last Page

49

Abstract

This paper concerns the objective alignment of individuals' material interests into groupings for collective action, and how these groupings vary with economic structure and in response to previous periods' policy choices. It establishes analytically the microeconomic basis for coalition alignments with respect to food price policy, then numerically simulates the comparative static effects of alternative food policies on coalition structure. A parsimonious household model applied to a heterogeneously endowed society demonstrates the inherent inextricability of price policy from land, population, and technology policies in food agriculture. Moreover, coalition alignments on particular policy debates are path-dependent.

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