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  "summary": "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.",
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      "content": "- Examines effects of variations in the international food prices on democracy and intra-state conflict.\n- Empirical scope: panel data for over 120 countries during the period 1970-2007."
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      "content": "- Low Income Countries:\n  - Increases in the international food prices lead to a significant deterioration of democratic institutions.\n  - Increases in the international food prices lead to a significant increase in the incidence of anti-government demonstrations, riots, and civil conflict.\n  - Empirical results point to a significant externality of variations in international food prices on Low Income Countries' social and political stability.\n- High Income Countries:\n  - Variations in the international food prices have no significant effects on democratic institutions and measures of intra-state conflict."
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      "content": "- Authors: Rabah Arezki, Markus Bruckner\n- Date: March 1, 2011\n- Series: Working Paper No. 2011/062\n- Issue: 062\n- Volume: 2011\n- Pages: 22\n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781455221066.001\n- Stock No: WPIEA2011062\n- ISBN: 9781455221066\n- ISSN: 1018-5941\n- 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\n\nSource: IMF Working Paper \"Food Prices and Political Instability\" by Rabah Arezki and Markus Bruckner (March 1, 2011).\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- wp1162\n  - wp1162 (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - wp1162 (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/wp/issues/2016/12/31/food-prices-and-political-instability-24716"
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