Economic development, democratic institutions, and repression in non-democratic regimes: Theory and evidence

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This paper analyzes the utilization of repression and democratic institutions by a non-democratic government striving for political power and private rents. We find that economic development has different impacts on policy choices, depending on whether it appears in the form of rises in income or in education: A higher income level reduces democracy, whereas more education leads to both more democracy and more repression. These theoretical findings are corroborated by panel data regressions.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CEPIE Working Paper ; No. 04/17

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models: Panel Data Models; Spatio-temporal Models ; Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior ; Human Rights Law; Gender Law ; Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government ; Economic Development: General
• Subject: Modernization Theory ; Democracy ; Repression ; Non-democratic Government

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Kemnitz, Alexander ; Roessler, Martin
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Technische Universität Dresden, Center of Public and International Economics (CEPIE)
• (where): Dresden
• (when): 2017

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/156223
• URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-221345
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET