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The political costs of oil price shocks
Arezki, Rabah; Djankov, Simeon; Nguyen, Ha; Yotzov, Ivan - 2022
We explore the effect of oil import price shocks on political outcomes using a worldwide dataset on elections of chief executives. Oil import price shocks cause a reduction in the odds of reelection of incumbents, an increase in media chatter about fuel prices, and an increase in non-violent...
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Democracy and reforms
Amin, Mohammed; Djankov, Simeon - 2009
"The authors use a sample of 147 countries to investigate the link between democracy and reforms. Democracy may be … but bring future prosperity. This paper tests these hypotheses, using data on micro-economic reforms from the World Bank … economic institutions. The results provide robust support for the claim that democracy is good for growth-enhancing reforms …
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The divergent postcommunist paths to democracy and economic freedom
Djankov, Simeon; Hauck, Owen - 2016
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The divergent postcommunist paths to democracy and economic freedom
Djankov, Simeon - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011529572
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The Divergent Postcommunist Paths to Democracy and Economic Freedom
Djankov, Simeon - 2018
divergence in democracy and political rights is 4 to 5 times larger than the divergence in the path toward economic freedom and … ease of doing business. Democracy is not harder to predict than economic freedom — history and ethnicity predict it well …
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Measuring property rights institutions
Djankov, Simeon; Glaeser, Edward L.; Perotti, Valeria; … - 2020
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Democracy and reforms
Amin, Mohammed; Djankov, Simeon - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003814445
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Democracy and Regulatory Reforms
Amin, Mohammad; Djankov, Simeon - 2013
World Bank’s Doing Business database. The results provide some support for the hypothesis that democracy is good for …We use a sample of 144 countries over the period 2003-2013 to investigate the link between democracy and regulatory … reforms. Democracy may be conducive to reform, as politicians embrace growth-enhancing reforms to win elections. On the other …
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Contagious protests
Arezki, Rabah; Dama, Alou Adessé; Djankov, Simeon; … - 2020
This paper explores the spillover of protests across countries using data on nonviolent and spontaneous demonstrations for 200 countries from 2000 to 2020. Using an autoregressive spatial model, the analysis finds strong evidence of "contagious protests," with a catalyzing role of social media....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012257332
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Democracy and reforms
Amin, Mohammad - 2009
"The authors use a sample of 147 countries to investigate the link between democracy and reforms. Democracy may be … but bring future prosperity. This paper tests these hypotheses, using data on micro-economic reforms from the World Bank … economic institutions. The results provide robust support for the claim that democracy is good for growth-enhancing reforms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394129