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Why populist democracy promotes market liberalization

Grosjean, Pauline; Senik, Claudia - 2008

Using a new set of micro evidence from an original survey of 28 transition countries, we show that democracy increases … reformist parties in the former socialist block lies in a deepening of democracy. …

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The determinants of asset stripping: theory and evidence from the transition economies

Campos, Nauro F.; Giovannoni, Francesco - 2005

During the transition from plan to market, managers and politicians succeeded in maintaining control of large parts of the stock of socialist physical capital. Despite the obvious importance of this phenomenon, there have been no efforts to model, measure and investigate this process...

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Is there such thing as middle class values? Class differences, values and political orientations in Latin America

López-Calva, Luis Felipe; Rigolini, Jamele; Torche, … - 2012

Middle class values have long been perceived as drivers of social cohesion and growth. In this paper we investigate the relation between class (measured by the position in the income distribution), values, and political orientations using comparable values surveys for six Latin American...

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Do middle classes bring institutional reforms?

Loayza, Norman; Rigolini, Jamele; Llorente, Gonzalo - 2012

corruption improves. This does not occur at the expense of economic freedom, as an expansion of the middle class also implies …

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China in light of the performance of Central and East European economies

Svejnar, Jan - 2007

While China shared many systemic, initial conditions with the transition economies of Central-East Europe (CEE) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), it had a more agricultural economy and a more stable political-economic system than many CEE and CIS countries. Unlike most of the CEE...

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Electoral Democracy at Work

Askenazy, Philippe; Breda, Thomas - 2020

We show that an institutional change designed expressly to heighten competition for the provision of union services can have a substantial effect on unionization and employment relations. We study a French reform of 2008 that introduced mandatory elections for representation of workers at firm,...

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Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung und Demokratie: ist Demokratie ein Wohlstandsmotor oder ein Wohlstandsprodukt?

Sunde, Uwe - 2006

relationship according to which democracy is a determinant of economic development? Or is it, conversely, economic development that …

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Joblessness and perceptions about the effectiveness of democracy

Altindag, Duha; Mocan, H. Naci - 2010

individuals and the prevailing unemployment rate in the country impact perceptions of the effectiveness of democracy. We find that … personal joblessness experience translates into negative opinions about the effectiveness of democracy and it increases the … that democracies are ineffective, regardless of joblessness. People's beliefs about the effectiveness of democracy as …

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Institutions and entry: A cross-regional analysis in Russia

Bruno, Randolph Luca; Bytchkova, Maria; Estrin, Saul - 2011

democracy enhances entry rates for small sized firms but reduces them for medium or large ones. …

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Emigration and democracy

Docquier, Frédéric; Lodigiani, Elisabetta; Rapoport, … - 2011

. We find that emigration and human capital both increase democracy and economic freedom. This implies that unskilled …

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