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Dictators and Their Viziers: Agency Problems in Dictatorships

Egorov, Georgy; Sonin, Konstantin - 2005

The possibility of treason by a close associate has been a nightmare of most dictators throughout history. Better informed viziers are also better able to discriminate among potential plotters, and this makes them more risky subordinates for the dictator. To avoid this, dictators, especially...

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The Road to Development is Paved With Good Institutions: The Political and Economic Implications of Financial Markets

Brown, Chelsea Denise - 2008

This research seeks to identify the factors that account for the variation in development levels across nations by focusing on the institutional components of development, especially the effects of financial market development on economic and political development. I argue that financial market...

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Argentinien: die Abgeordnetenwahlen von 1997

Lauga, Martín - 1998

Argentinian democracy. …

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The moral foundations of liberal democracy : about the necessity of liberal civic virtues

Egle, Christoph - 2000

Numerous sociological studies describe the status of contemporary liberal democracy as frightening. Taking up these … investigations, this article asks for the preconditions of liberal democracy, particularly for their moral foundations. In contrast … a moral quality of the citizens is a necessary prerequisite for the persistence of a liberal democracy. The second aim …

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Income and democracy : revisiting the evidence

Moral-Benito, Enrique; Bartolucci, Cristian

Este artículo ofrece una evaluación de la contribución al PIB de la infraestructura. A partir de un conjunto de datos de infraestructura que abarca 88 países durante los años 1960-2000, y utilizando un enfoque de panel de series de tiempo, el trabajo estima una función de producción...

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