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Economic Growth in Liberal Democracies vs. Authoritarian States : (How) Does the Size of Government Matter?

Bjørnskov, Christian - 2023

Most studies find that larger government is associated with slower long-run growth. However, which elements of government intervention drive the result and if the conclusion applies to all political regimes remains an open question, which this paper addresses. The findings indicate that...

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Coups and economic crises

Bjørnskov, Christian - 2022

from both democracy and military dictatorship. …

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Coups and economic crises

Bjørnskov, Christian - 2022

from both democracy and military dictatorship. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013490611

Do voters dislike liberalizing reforms? : new evidence using data on satisfaction with democracy

Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2018

reforms and even be less satisfied with democracy as such. We test this hypothesis empirically, using panel data from 30 … European countries in the period 1993-2015. The dependent variable is the average satisfaction with democracy, while the reform …. Our results indicate that while reforms of government size are not robustly related to satisfaction with democracy …

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Coups, regime transitions, and institutional change

Bennett, Daniel L.; Bjørnskov, Christian; Gohmann, … - 2019

Coups and regime transitions are events that typically are intended to change the basic institutional framework of a country. Which specific policies change and the consequences of these changes nevertheless remains largely unknown. Change after a coup or transition implies that some form of...

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Coups, regime transitions, and institutional change

Bennett, Daniel L.; Bjørnskov, Christian; Gohmann, … - 2019

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Do Social Rights Affect Social Outcomes?

Bjørnskov, Christian; Mchangama, Jacob - School of Economics and Management, University of Aarhus - 2013

While the United Nations and NGOs are pushing for global judicialization of economic, social and cultural rights (ESCRs), little is known of their consequences. We provide evidence of the effects of introducing three types of ESCRs into the constitution: the rights to education, health and...

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Types of Foreign Aid

Bjørnskov, Christian - School of Economics and Management, University of Aarhus - 2013

Foreign aid is given for many purposes and different intentions, yet most studies treat aid flows as a unitary concept. This paper uses factor analysis to separate aid flows into different types. The main types can be interpreted as aid for economic purposes, social purposes, and reconstruction;...

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Economic Freedom and Economic Crisis

Bjørnskov, Christian - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2015

In this paper, I explore the politically contested association between the degree of capitalism, captured by measures of economic freedom, and the risk and characteristics of economic crisis. After offering some brief theoretical considerations, I estimate the effects of economic freedom on...

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Did Africa's first choices matter? Growth legacies of leaders at independence

Jørgensen, Christina Mangaard; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2015

We explore the potential effects of the first leaders of Sub-Saharan Africa. We first outline a set of theoretical reasons for why leaders may matter particularly at the critical juncture of African independence and why this influence may be persistent. In an unbalanced panel from 40 African...

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