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dc.contributor.authorBurke, Paul J.en
dc.contributor.authorLeigh, Andrewen
dc.date.accessioned2010-03-17-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T12:07:55Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T12:07:55Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/36314-
dc.description.abstractDoes faster economic growth increase pressure for democratic change, or reduce it? Using data for 154 countries for the period 1963-2007, we examine the short-run relationship between economic growth and moves toward and away from greater democracy. To address the potential endogeneity of economic growth, we use variation in precipitation, temperatures, and commodity prices as instruments for a country's rate of economic growth. Our results indicate that more rapid economic growth reduces the short-run likelihood of institutional change toward democracy. Output contractions due to adverse weather shocks appear to have a particularly important impact on the timing of democratic change.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x4808en
dc.subject.jelD72en
dc.subject.jelN40en
dc.subject.jelO17en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordEconomic growthen
dc.subject.keyworddemocratizationen
dc.subject.keywordweatheren
dc.subject.keywordcommodity pricesen
dc.subject.stwWirtschaftswachstumen
dc.subject.stwDemokratisierungen
dc.subject.stwRohstoffpreisen
dc.subject.stwWetteren
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwWelten
dc.titleDo output contractions trigger democratic change?-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn621245267en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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