Are All Democracies Equally Good? : The Role of Interactions between Political Environment and Inequality for Rule of Law

Auteur(s)

Uwe Sunde

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Beschreibung

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.

Sujets

Sciences economiques > Recherche économique

Institution partenaire

Université de St-Gall - Schools of Management

Langue

English

Datum

2008