Are All Democracies Equally Good? : The Role of Interactions between Political Environment and Inequality for Rule of Law
Journal
Economics Letters
ISSN
0165-1765
ISSN-Digital
1873-7374
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2008-06-01
Author(s)
Sunde, Uwe
;
Cervellati, Matteo
;
Fortunato, Piergiuseppe
Abstract
Using cross-country data, we find evidence for a significant negative interaction effect between democracy and inequality in determining the quality of growth-promoting institutions like rule of law. Democracy is associated with institutions of higher quality when inequality is lower.
Language
English
Keywords
inequality
democracy
institutions
rule of law
interactions
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Elsevier
Publisher place
Amsterdam
Volume
99
Number
3
Start page
552
End page
556
Pages
5
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
51573