Food Prices and Political Instability
IMF Working Papers, March 1, 2011
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- Authors: Rabah Arezki, Markus Bruckner
- Published: March 1, 2011
- Series: IMF Working Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455221066.001
Research question and scope
- Examines effects of variations in the international food prices on democracy and intra-state conflict.
- Empirical scope: panel data for over 120 countries during the period 1970-2007.
Main empirical findings
- Low Income Countries:
- Increases in the international food prices lead to a significant deterioration of democratic institutions.
- Increases in the international food prices lead to a significant increase in the incidence of anti-government demonstrations, riots, and civil conflict.
- Empirical results point to a significant externality of variations in international food prices on Low Income Countries' social and political stability.
- High Income Countries:
- Variations in the international food prices have no significant effects on democratic institutions and measures of intra-state conflict.
Publication and metadata
- Authors: Rabah Arezki, Markus Bruckner
- Date: March 1, 2011
- Series: Working Paper No. 2011/062
- Issue: 062
- Volume: 2011
- Pages: 22
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455221066.001
- Stock No: WPIEA2011062
- ISBN: 9781455221066
- ISSN: 1018-5941
- Preview citation as presented: Rabah Arezki, and Markus Bruckner. "Food Prices and Political Instability", IMF Working Papers 2011, 062 (2011), accessed 8/27/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455221066.001
Source: IMF Working Paper "Food Prices and Political Instability" by Rabah Arezki and Markus Bruckner (March 1, 2011).