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Policy Distortion

Policy Distortion is an economic phenomenon in which government interventions, such as agricultural subsidies, alter market incentives and resource allocations in a manner inconsistent with efficient outcomes, thereby reflecting a deviation from optimal policy resulting from the influence of capture theory dynamics.

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291

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174

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2017–2026

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Publications

178

Policy Experimentation in China’s Economic Rise

Sebastian Heilmann · Studies in Comparative International Development · 2007 · 723 citations · Full text

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Factor market distortions across time, space and sectors in China

Loren Brandt, Trevor Tombe, Xiaodong Zhu · Review of Economic Dynamics · 2012 · 553 citations

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Democracy, Credibility, and Clientelism

Philip Keefer, Razvan Vlaicu · The Journal of Law Economics and Organization · 2007 · 469 citations

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Industrial Policies in Production Networks*

Ernest Liu · The Quarterly Journal of Economics · 2019 · 389 citations

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Political Economy of Public Policies: Insights from Distortions to Agricultural and Food Markets

Kym Anderson, Gordon C. Rausser, Johan Swinnen · Journal of Economic Literature · 2013 · 294 citations

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Authors

291

  1. KA
    Kym Anderson

    The University of Adelaide, Australia

    10 publications · 572 citations

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  2. JS
    Johan Swinnen

    KU Leuven, Belgium

    5 publications · 431 citations

    5

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  3. TW
    Theodore W. Schultz

    University of Chicago, United States

    3 publications · 269 citations

    3

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  4. SW
    Shaoda Wang

    University of Chicago, United States

    3 publications · 139 citations

    3

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  5. DY
    David Y. Yang

    Lehigh University, United States

    3 publications · 139 citations

    3

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Institutions

174

  1. The University of Adelaide

    Adelaide, Australia

    10 h-index

    10 publications

    620 citations

  2. National Bureau of Economic Research

    Cambridge, United States

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    491 citations

  3. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    502 citations

  4. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    540 citations

  5. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    299 citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    489 citations

  7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    600 citations

  8. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    176 citations

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Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 16 publications · 479 citations

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  2. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA)

    Repository · 18 publications · 365 citations

    12

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  3. American Journal of Agricultural Economics

    9 publications · 425 citations

    9

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  4. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 6 publications · 293 citations

    6

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  5. Journal of Macroeconomics

    4 publications · 402 citations

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