The Impact of Economic Growth on Democracy, 1960-2014
Whether economic growth leads to increased democratic governance is a highly contested question. Several influential studies show a consistent, positive relationship between the two factors over the past 500 years but mixed and inconsistent effects over the past 40 years. Given that the impact of gr...
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| Published in | Journal of Global Politics Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 53 - 86 |
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| Main Authors | , |
| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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글로벌정치연구소
31.12.2021
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| Online Access | Get full text |
| ISSN | 2005-1352 2671-8499 |
| DOI | 10.35773/JGP.2021.14.2.53 |
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| Summary: | Whether economic growth leads to increased democratic governance is a highly contested question. Several influential studies show a consistent, positive relationship between the two factors over the past 500 years but mixed and inconsistent effects over the past 40 years. Given that the impact of growth is uncertain for the shorter period, we perform a battery of empirical analyses for the years 1960-2014 and provide evidence for a negative, not positive, relationship between growth and democracy. This finding is new in the literature and robust regardless of different estimation methods, model specifications, and sample selections. KCI Citation Count: 0 |
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| Bibliography: | http://gpi.hufs.ac.kr |
| ISSN: | 2005-1352 2671-8499 |
| DOI: | 10.35773/JGP.2021.14.2.53 |