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Alesina, Alberto - 2003

product market, concerning in particular entry barriers, are negatively related to investment. The implications of our … analysis are clear: regulatory reforms, especially those that liberalize entry, are very likely to spur investment …

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Democracy, Technology, and Growth

Aghion, Philippe - 2007

We explore the question of how political institutions and particularly democracy affect economic growth. Although empirical evidence of a positive effect of democracy on economic performance in the aggregate is weak, we provide evidence that democracy influences productivity growth in different...

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Income Distribution, Political Instability, and Investment

Alesina, Alberto - 1993

politico-economic environment, reduces investment. As a consequence, income inequality and investment are inversely related …. Since investment is a primary engine of growth, this paper identifies a channel for an inverse relationship between income … are investment and an index of socio-political instability. Our results are robust to sensitivity analysis on the …

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