[Title Page]
Contents
I. Introduction 9
II. Preceding Research on Politico-economic Factorsin the Agricultural Sector 12
1. Theoretical Consideration 12
2. Analysis of Actual Evidence 17
III. Roles of Political Players in Agricultural Policies 21
1. Activities and Fiscal Expenditures of Korean Farmers' Groups 21
2. Analysis on Lawmakers' Legislative Activities 29
3. International Cases 38
IV. Analysis of Protective Factors in the Agriculture Sector 45
1. Analysis of Domestic Agriculture 45
2. International Comparison 60
V. Conclusion 69
References 73
〈Table III-1〉 Frequency of Participation in Political Activities by Communications Costs... 26
〈Table III-2〉 Frequency of Political Activity by Organizational Costs and Size 26
〈Table III-3〉 Achievements by Group Size and Communications Costs 28
〈Table III-4〉 Achievements by Group Size and Organizational Costs 28
〈Table III-5〉 Number of Proposed Bills Relating to the Agriculture, Forestry and... 30
〈Table III-6〉 Number of Local Lawmakers and Their Constituents 35
〈Table III-7〉 Number of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food-related Bills Proposed... 37
〈Table IV-1〉 Result of Time Series Regression Analysis 48
〈Table IV-2〉 Basic Statistics of Dependent Variables 51
〈Table IV-3〉 Features of Farms Cultivating a Specific Commodity 52
〈Table IV-4〉 Expected Effect of Explanatory Variables 56
〈Table IV-5〉 Panel Analysis Result 57
〈Table IV-6〉 Panel Analysis Result 58
〈Table IV-7〉 Definition and Source of Variables 62
〈Table IV-8〉 Basic Statistics of Variables 62
〈Table IV-9〉 Model Measurement Result 63
〈Table IV-10〉 Comparison between Random Effect Model and Fixed Effect Model 65
[Figure III-1] Frequency of Participating in Political Activities by Type of Group 24
[Figure III-2] Correlation between Number of Members and Frequency of... 24
[Figure III-3] Regional Characteristics and the Number of Bills Proposed by... 32
[Figure III-4] Number of Proposed Bills by Political Event 33
[Figure III-5] Proportion of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries-related Bills 34
[Figure III-6] CAP Decision-making System 38