Democracy and income inequality: revisiting the long and short-term relationship
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Keywords
democracy; income inequality; political economy; economic development; developing countries; World;JEL classification:
- F54 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - Colonialism; Imperialism; Postcolonialism
- O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
- O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-GRO-2016-12-04 (Economic Growth)
- NEP-HIS-2016-12-04 (Business, Economic & Financial History)
- NEP-POL-2016-12-04 (Positive Political Economics)
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