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  • Niklas Potrafke

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Using the POLITY IV and Freedom House indices, Rowley and Smith (Public Choice 139(3–4):273, 2009 ) found that countries with Muslim majorities enjoy less freedom and are less democratic than countries in which Muslims are a minority. Because the POLITY IV and Freedom House indices have been criticized on several grounds, I reinvestigate Rowley and Smith’s finding using the new Democracy-Dictatorship data from Cheibub et al. (Public Choice 143(1–2):67, 2010 ). The empirical results confirm that countries with Muslim majorities are indeed less likely to be democratic. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012

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Volume (Year): 151 (2012)
Issue (Month): 1 (April)
Pages: 185-192

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Handle: RePEc:kap:pubcho:v:151:y:2012:i:1:p:185-192

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Keywords: Islam; Religion; Democracy; Political institutions; Z12; O11; P16; P48; F59;

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  1. Are Muslims better off when they are minorities?
    by Ariel Goldring in Free Market Mojo on 2011-01-06 14:00:48
  2. Islam and Democracy
    by Ariel Goldring in Free Market Mojo on 2010-11-21 12:15:22
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  1. May Elsayyad & Shima'a Hanafy, 2012. "Voting Islamist or Voting secular? An empirical analysis of Voting Outcomes in “Arab Spring” Egypt," MAGKS Papers on Economics 201251, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics, Department of Economics (Volkswirtschaftliche Abteilung).
  2. Irene Vlachaki & Sarantis Kalyvitis, 2011. "When does more aid imply less democracy? An empirical examination," DEOS Working Papers 1125, Athens University of Economics and Business.
  3. Niklas Potrafke, 2012. "Democracy and Countries with Muslim Majorities: A Reply and Update," CESifo Working Paper Series 4039, CESifo Group Munich.

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