TY - SER AU - Olper,Alessandro AU - Swinnen,Johan F.M. TI - Mass media and public policy : : global evidence from agricultural policies SN - 02586770 KW - Medios de comunicación KW - Política agrícola N1 - Bibliografía : páginas 434-436; Conceptual framework, 415 ;; Data and empirical specification, 419 ;; Descriptive statistics and analysis, 422 ;; Econometric strategy and identification issues, 425 ;; Regression results, 427 ;; Conclusions, 433 N2 - Mass media play a crucial role in information distribution and in the political market and public policy making. Theory predicts that information provided by the mass media reflects the media's incentives to provide news to different groups in society and affects these groups' influence in policy making ER -