Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/88022 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 534
Publisher: 
Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department, Washington, DC
Abstract: 
Using objective institutional historical data we test the link between extent, duration, and transparency in democracies and rent-seeking behavior using time-series and panel data approaches. In this paper we focus on the case of Uruguay, an ethnically homogeneous country. We find three main results. First, democratic regimes are negatively linked with rent-seeking actions. Second, the longer the duration of democracy, the less rent-seeking in a society. Third, legislation enacted more transparently is negatively correlated with rent-seeking behavior. Our results are robust to the use of different econometric methods and basic robustness tests and are consistent with prevailing theory.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

Files in This Item:
File
Size
368.85 kB





Items in EconStor are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.