Income and Democracy: Comment

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Journal: American Economic Review
Year: 2014
Volume: 104
Issue: 2
Pages: 707-19

Authors (4)

Matteo Cervellati (not in RePEc) Florian Jung (Universität St. Gallen) Uwe Sunde (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität...) Thomas Vischer (not in RePEc)

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 4 authors) × 4.0x S-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Acemoglu et al. (2008) document that the correlation between income per capita and democracy disappears when including time and country fixed effects. While their results are robust for the full sample, we find evidence for significant but heterogeneous effects of

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:aea:aecrev:v:104:y:2014:i:2:p:707-19
Journal Field
General
Author Count
4
Added to Database
2026-01-25