We investigate how economic inequality can persist in Latin America in the context of radical falls in political inequality in the last decades. Using data from Colombia, we focus on a critical facet of democratization - the entry of new politicians. We show that initial levels of inequality...

This study empirically investigates the transposition patterns of European Union EU directives in 15 Member States and in 5 major sectors of the economy with a view to analysing the politicaleconomic reasons behind sector and national differences in national execution measures. Specifically, we...