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From Soviets to Oligarchs : Inequality and Property in Russia, 1905-2016

Novokmet, Filip - 2017

This paper combines national accounts, survey, wealth and fiscal data (including recently released tax data on high-income taxpayers) in order to provide consistent series on the accumulation and distribution of income and wealth in Russia from the Soviet period until the present day. We find...

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International Trade and Institutional Change : Medieval Venice's Response to Globalization

Puga, Diego - 2012

International trade can have profound effects on domestic institutions. We examine this proposition in the context of medieval Venice circa 800-1350. We show that (initially exogenous) increases in long-distance trade enriched a large group of merchants and these merchants used their new-found...

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The Form of Property Rights : Oligarchic vs. Democratic Societies

Acemoglu, Daron - 2003

created by entry barriers in oligarchy deteriorates over time. The typical pattern is therefore one of the rise and decline of …

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Democratization, Elite Capture and Economic Development

Foster, Andrew D.; Rosenzweig, Mark Richard - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

two interest groups defined by land ownership that the effects of democratization--a shift from control of public … interests of the two land classes, we find, based on 30-year panel data describing the democratization of Indian villages, that … democratization in villages with a larger landless population share shifted resources away from public irrigation, secondary schools …

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Economic Integration and the Transmission of Democracy

Magistretti, Giacomo; Tabellini, Marco - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

democracy and favors the process of democratization. We combine survey data with country-level measures of democracy from 1960 …

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Voting for Democracy : Chile's Plebiscito and the Electoral Participation of a Generation

Kaplan, Ethan - 2019

argue that the plebiscite contributed to the emergence of one party rule the twenty years following democratization …

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Federal Institutions and the Democratic Transition : Learning from South Africa

Inman, Robert P. - 2008

We present a model of a peaceful transition from autocracy to democracy using federal governance as a constitutional means to protect the economic interests of the once ruling elite. Under "democratic federalism" the constitution creates an annual policy game where the new majority and the elite...

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The Growth Effect of Democracy : Is It Heterogenous and How Can It Be Estimated?

Persson, Torsten - 2007

We estimate the effect of political regime transitions on growth with semi-parametric methods, combining difference in differences with matching, that have not been used in macroeconomic settings. Our semi-parametric estimates suggest that previous parametric estimates may have seriously...

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Economic and Political Liberalizations

Giavazzi, Francesco - 2004

This paper studies empirically the effects of and the interactions amongst economic and political liberalizations. Economic liberalizations are measured by a widely used indicator that captures the scope of the market in the economy, and in particular of policies towards freer international...

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Democratic Rulemaking

de Figueiredo, John M. - 2015

This paper examines to what extent agency rulemaking is democratic. It reviews theories of administrative rulemaking in light of two normative benchmarks: a "democratic" benchmark based on voter preferences, and a "republican" benchmark based on the preferences of elected representatives. It...

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