Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/19136 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 1672
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
Does democracy promote economic development? This paper reviews recent attempts to address this question that exploited within-country variation. It shows that the answer is largely positive, but also depends on the details of democratic reforms. First, the sequence of economic vs political reforms matters: countries liberalizing their economy before extending political rights do better. Second, different forms of democratic government lead to different economic policies, and this might explain why presidential democracy leads to faster growth than parliamentary democracy. Third, it is important to distinguish between expected and actual political reforms. Taking expectations of regime change into account helps identify a stronger growth effect of democracy.
Subjects: 
democracy
reform
growth
institutions
difference in difference
JEL: 
E0
O1
P0
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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