We exploit three natural experiments in Argentina in order to determine if legislative malapportionment is the cause of … these results are attributable to two of Argentina's institutional characteristics: first, the predominance of the executive …

power -- Blocking opposition : political representation and limited democracy -- Locking-in neoliberalism : independent … central banks and fiscal spending rules -- Lessons. Neoliberal resilience and the future of democracy. … democracy's future." …

Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy by replacing socialism with populism. According to Samuelson, "populist democracy" had … attained its fullest development in the Southern Cone. He viewed Argentina as the paradigmatic case that proved his theo1y … growth. At the time, Samuelson also believed the advanced Western economies could follow the same path as Argentina. The …

We exploit three natural experiments in Argentina in order to study the role of legislative malapportionment on the … of Argentina's institutional characteristics: first, the predominance of the executive branch over the legislature; and …

literature on democratic breakdown: the rise and fall of Argentine democracy between 1916 and 1930. First, we demonstrate that … the allocation of political power. These findings support the view that stable democracy requires that all major groups in …

encompasses resource rents and other types of rent identified in the literature, and demonstrate, using Argentina as an … federalism rents. The argument that all fiscal rents, based on resources or not, have the potential to hinder democracy, and in … particular that fiscal federalism rents are deleterious to subnational democracy, expands the rentier state literature in two …