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Party Age and Party Color : New Results on the Political Economy of Redistribution and Inequality
Keefer, Philip - 2017
This paper advances research on inequality with unique, new data on income distribution in 61 countries, including 20 Latin American countries, to explore the effects of political parties on redistribution. First, consistent with a central -- but still contested -- assumption of the political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012972412
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Emigration and Democracy
Docquier, Frédéric - 2017
. The authors find that emigration and human capital both increase democracy and economic freedom. This implies that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012976175
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Democratic Jihad? Military Intervention and Democracy
Gleditsch, Nils Petter - 2016
normative justification for such interventions, for the purpose of promoting democracy and eventually for the promotion of peace … democracy. Thus, forced democratization is unpredictable with regard to achieving long-term democracy and potentially harmful …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747729
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Governance Matters VIII : Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, 1996-2008
Kaufmann, Daniel; Kraay, Aart; Mastruzzi, Massimo - 2009
This paper reports on the 2009 update of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) research project, covering 212 countries and territories and measuring six dimensions of governance between 1996 and 2008: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014206912
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Governance Matters VII : Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators, 1996-2007
Kaufmann, Daniel - 2008
This paper reports on the latest update of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) research project, covering 212 countries and territories and measuring six dimensions of governance between 1996 and 2007: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012723979
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Governance Matters VI : Governance Indicators for 1996-2006
Kaufmann, Daniel; Kraay, Aart; Mastruzzi, Massimo - 2007
This paper reports on the latest update of the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) research project, covering 212 countries and territories and measuring six dimensions of governance between 1996 and 2006: Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence, Government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014049000
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Governance Matters V : Aggregate and Individual Governance Indicators for 1996-2005
Kaufmann, Daniel - 2016
The authors report on the latest version of the worldwide governance indicators, covering 213 countries and territories and measuring six dimensions of governance from 1996 until end-2005: voice and accountability, political stability and absence of violence, government effectiveness, regulatory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747976
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The Strength of American Federal Democracy : Lessons for Global Development
Myerson, Roger - 2017
always been guided by two basic principles: representative democracy, and a proper division of power between national and … drawn to centralized democracy, as national elites may prefer to centralize power around themselves. America's successful …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012970481
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Long-Run Effects of Democracy on Income Inequality : Evidence from Repeated Cross-Sections
Balcázar Salazar, Carlos - 2017
This paper assesses the link between democracy and inequality. Inequality is measured at the cohort level with pseudo …-panel data built from nine Latin American countries' household surveys (1995-2009, biannual). Democracy is measured as a stock …-run historical patterns in the degree of democracy relate to income inequality. However, this relationship is non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012972307
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The Anatomy of Failure : An Ethnography of a Randomized Trial to Deepen Democracy in Rural India
Ananthpur, Kripa - 2017
Programs that induce citizen participation to improve the quality of government at the local level are the subjects of large amounts of funding and intense debate. This paper combines a randomized control trial of a citizenship training and facilitation program in rural India, with an in-depth,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973031