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The paper contrasts Lipset’s modernization hypothesis and Przeworski- Limongi hypothesis that entries into democracy … are random with respect to income. We use data on income and democracy going back to 1820, multiple definitions of … democracy, and non-parametric testing focusing on the distribution of entrants’ incomes. We find that income matters for entry …
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Natural resources in sub-Saharan Africa suffer from a bad reputation. Oil and diamonds, particularly, have been blamed for a number of Africa’s illnesses such as poverty, corruption, dictatorship and war. This paper outlines the different areas and transmission channels of how this so-called...
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Corruption scandals seem to abound in countries that have recently undergone reform. Despite the proliferation of stories in the news media, no one has examined whether reform—be it democratization or economic liberalization or both—actually causes an increase in corruption. Theory provides...
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This paper proposes a “before-and-after” approach to empirical examination of the relationship between democracy and … evidence indicates that an improvement in growth performance typically follows the transformation to democracy. Moreover …, growth under democracy appears to be more stable than under authoritarian regimes. Interestingly, wealthy countries often …
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The paper uses the recently available data on growth rates, democracy, protectionism, and wars over the period 1820 to … the effect of democracy on growth, was colonialism economically bad for colonies, does protectionism affect growth … negatively, what is the effect of wars? We find that own democracy has a significant positive impact on growth which increases as …
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From Decentralisation of Planning to Peoples Planning - Experiences of the Indian States of Kerala and West Bengal by Charvak, 2000: The Discussion Paper attempts a comparison of the process of decentralisation of planning in the two States that have made significant progress in this area. The...
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This paper proposes a “before-and-after” approach to empirical examination of the relationship between democracy and … evidence indicates that an improvement in growth performance typically follows the transformation to democracy. Moreover …, growth under democracy appears to be more stable than under authoritarian regimes. Interestingly, wealthy countries often …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556035
The paper empirically investigates whether people's attitude towards the progress in political transformation in Eastern Europe are influenced by economic factors. Thereby it addresses the question of independence between economic and political system. Using a large panel data set, containing...
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prediction that political liberalization could discourage trade and trade could foster democracy. …
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democracy, a type of political system matters too: parliamentary and mixed presidential- parliamentary systems have a more of an …
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