Measuring democracy

This short article contributes to the Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice by summarizing the literature on the measurement of democracy. I proceed in two step. In the first part, I describe the classical approach for producing a measure of democracy and sketch an alternative approach. The second part provides an overview about existing democracy index.

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Year of publication:	2022
Authors:	Krieger, Tommy
Publisher:	Mannheim : ZEW - Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung
Subject:	Democracy \| index numbers \| measurement of democracy \| political institutions \| regime classification

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Series:	ZEW Discussion Papers ; 22-063
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	1828235997 [GVK] hdl:10419/267741 [Handle] RePEc:zbw:zewdip:22063 [RePEc]
Classification:	C43 - Index Numbers and Aggregation ; O43 - Institutions and Growth ; P00 - Economic Systems. General
Source:	EconStor

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