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Abstract
This study evaluates econometrically the effect of government support to agriculture on a
measure of the affordability of food in 10 Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD) countries. The panel model we construct specifically utilizes two
values calculated by the OECD: Producer Support Estimates as a percentage of gross farm
receipts and the Consumer Nominal Protection Coefficient. These two variables represent
transfers from taxpayers to agricultural producers through government programs and
transfers from consumers to government through protectionist measures, respectively. By
using dummy variables, we find implications for groups of countries on the basis of their
relative levels of support and protection.