Are all democracies equally good? The role of interactions between political environment and inequality for rule of law

Using cross-country data, we find evidence for a significant negative interaction effect between democracy and inequality in determining the quality of growth-promoting institutions like rule of law. Democracy is associated with institutions of higher quality when inequality is lower.

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Year of publication:	2007
Authors:	Sunde, Uwe ; Cervellati, Matteo ; Fortunato, Piergiuseppe
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	Demokratie \| Rechtsstaat \| Soziale Ungleichheit \| Politische Stabilität \| Institutionalismus \| Welt

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Series:	IZA Discussion Papers ; 2984
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	545572274 [GVK] hdl:10419/34512 [Handle]
Source:	EconStor

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