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The connections between globalization and democracy are a classic question in international political economy and a … positive relationships running both ways between globalization and democracy, though exceptions obtain at particular times …
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In this paper we revisit the relationship between democracy, redistribution and inequality. We first explain the … theoretical reasons why democracy is expected to increase redistribution and reduce inequality, and why this expectation may fail … to be realized when democracy is captured by the richer segments of the population; when it caters to the preferences of …
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missing than non-democracies. The findings suggest that a spread of democracy around the world will lead to enhanced …. The use of four different variables for democracy also ensures robustness with respect to the measure of democracy. The … strong evidence in favour of a positive link between democracy and environmental commitment stands in stark contrast to the …
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In this paper we revisit the relationship between democracy, redistribution and inequality. We first explain the … theoretical reasons why democracy is expected to increase redistribution and reduce inequality, and why this expectation may fail … to be realized when democracy is captured by the richer segments of the population; when it caters to the preferences of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071520
In this paper we revisit the relationship between democracy, redistribution and inequality. We first explain the … theoretical reasons why democracy is expected to increase redistribution and reduce inequality, and why this expectation may fail … to be realized when democracy is captured by the richer segments of the population; when it caters to the preferences of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071803
thus supports the notion that there is a positive relationship between democracy and economic growth …
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The relationship between democracy and globalisation has been the focus of substantial policy and academic debate. Some … argue that democracy and globalisation go hand in hand suggesting that unrestricted international transactions leads to …: democracies are more likely to have closed markets and vice versa. We examine these relationships between political democracy and …
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empirically the complex relationship between democracy and FDI in a systematic way, using cross-sectional and panel data analysis …
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This paper examines the effects of deforestation on the welfare of rural communities in the Congo Basin. Using moment conditions of agricultural and forest exploitations, findings indicate deforestation significantly improves welfare both at overall-rural and agricultural household per capita...
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Recent distressing trends in climate change, population explosion and deforestation inspired this paper, which completes existing literature by providing empirical justification to hypothetical initiatives on the impact of population growth on forest sustainability in Africa. Using three...
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