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Are all democracies equally good? The role of interactions between political environment and inequality for rule of law

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Sunde, Uwe
Cervellati, Matteo
Fortunato, Piergiuseppe

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Using cross-country data, we find evidence for a significant interaction effect between democracy and equality in determining the quality of growth-promoting institutions like rule of law. Democracy is associated with better rule of law when inequality is lower.

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Volume (Year): 99 (2008)
Issue (Month): 3 (June)
Pages: 552-556
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  1. Alberto Chong & Mark Gradstein, 2007. "Desigualdad, Democracia, Calidad Institucional y Redistribucion Fiscal," RES Working Papers 4548, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department. [Downloadable!]
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