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Institutions and development : the interaction between trade regime and political system

Falkinger, Josef; Grossmann, Volker - 2004

sector, and show that in a feudal society (dominated by landed elites) productivity-enhancing public investments like the …

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Institutions and Development : The Interaction between Trade Regime and Political System

Falkinger, Josef; Grossmann, Volker - 2004

sector, and show that in a feudal society (dominated by landed elites) productivity-enhancing public investments like the …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273741

Democracy, Autocracy and the Likelihood of International Conflict

Tangerås, Thomas - 2008

This is a game-theoretic analysis of the link between regime type and international conflict. The democratic electorate can credibly punish the leader for bad conflict outcomes, whereas the autocratic selectorate cannot. For the fear of being thrown out of office, democratic leaders are (i) more...

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Why are the elite in China motivated to promote growth?

Zang, Xiaowei - 2010

differences between autocracy and democracy. … role of the political elite in economic progress. This paper contributes to this literature by studying why the political … elite are motivated to promote economic development in China. It argues that like politicians in other types of political …

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Resilience of democracies: responses to illiberal and authoritarian challenges

Merkel, Wolfgang; Lührmann, Anna - In: Democratization 28 (2021) 5, pp. 869-884

Illiberalism and authoritarianism have become major threats to democracy across the world. In response to this …

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Multidimensional measurement of richness: Theory and an application to Germany

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico - 2010

Closely following recent innovations in the literature on the multidimensional measurement of poverty, this paper provides similar measures for the top of the distribution using a dual cutoff method to identify individuals, who can be considered as rich in a multidimensional setting. We use this...

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Multidimensional Measurement of Richness: Theory and an Application to Germany

Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico - 2010

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Property rights and elites

Amsden, Alice H. - 2010

An elite derives its status from its relationship to property, whether physical or human capital. While stable property … have a positive impact on economic development when a country's elite can manage them. To support this generalization we … examine the managerial capacity associated with elite status, highlighting which capabilities enable them to control changes …

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Do autocratic states trade less?

Aidt, Toke S.; Gassebner, Martin - 2007

The paper analyzes whether the political regime of a country influences its involvement in international trade. Firstly, we develop a theoretical model that predicts that autocracies trade less than democracies. Secondly, we test the predictions of the model empirically using a panel of more...

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The Effects of Democratic and Nondemocratic Institutions on CO₂ Emissions

Escher, Romy; Walter-Rogg, Melanie - In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift 64 (2023) 4, pp. 715-740

institutional aspects of different models of democracy affect CO2 emissions in democracies and autocracies. Similar studies have … of CO2 emissions. In autocracies, local and regional democracy contributes to lower CO2 emissions in the long term, and …

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