Showing 1 - 8 of 8
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010259688
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403769
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012177092
We investigate in this paper the hypothesis that when democracies are young, or still fragile and unconsolidated, the size of government tends to increase, predictably in an attempt of redistribution, or to buy out the electorate, so that democracy becomes acceptable and "the only game in town"....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010610288
We investigate in this paper what are the main determinants of government and external debt in South America. Our sample purposely includes all nine South American countries that re-democratised in the last thirty years or so, and the data cover the period 1970-2007. The results, based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010640957
We investigate in this paper whether the exogenous version of the modernisation hypothesis holds in South America, or whether democracy needs development for its own consolidation. We use a sample of all nine countries that re-democratised in the last thirty years or so and the data sets cover...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010640958
We investigate in this paper whether income growth has played any role on inequality in all nine young South American democracies during 1970-2007. The results, based on dynamic panel time-series analysis, suggest that income growth has played a progressive role in reducing inequality during the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010687822
We investigate in this paper whether income growth has played any role on inequality in all nine young South American democracies during the period 1970-2007. The results, based on dynamic panel time-series analysis, robustly suggest that income growth has indeed played a progressive role in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011095480