The Effects of Democracy on Economic Growth and Inequality: A review

1990/03/01 by Larry Sirowy, Alex Inkeles · 496 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Mathematics · Social Sciences · #Corruption and Economic Development #Democracy #Demography #Development economics #Dozen #Econometrics #Economic growth #Economics #Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth #Income, Poverty, and Inequality #Inequality #Law #Mathematical economics #Mathematics #Outcome (game theory) #Political science #Politics #Positive economics #Sample (material) #Socioeconomic development #Socioeconomic status #Sociology

paper · doi:10.1007/bf02716908

published in Studies in Comparative International Development 25(1), 126-157 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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